Opfenbach

Opfenbach is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany.GeographyOpfenbach is located in the Allgäu region, more precisely in the Westallgäu, about 15 km from Lindau. One of the districts of Opfenbach is Wigratzbad. Others are Mellatz, Beuren, Heimen, Litzis, Göritz, Mywiler and Ruhlands.HistoryOpfenbach once was part of the Austrian authority of Bregenz-Hohenegg. Since the signing of the peace treaties of Brünn and Preßburg in 1805 the town belongs to Bavaria. In the course of the administratice reforms in Bavaria, the contemporary municipality was formed by the "Gemeindeedikt" of 1818.Population developmentIn 1970 1,879, in 1987 1,952 and in 2000 2,196 inhabitants were living in the municipality of Opfenbach.PoliticsMatthias Benz is mayor of the town.The revenue from the municipal tax added up to 869,000 € in 1999, of which the net business tax amounted to 160,000 €.Economy and infrastructureEconomy, agriculture and forestryAccording to the official statistics, in 1998 there were neither employees who were subject to social insurance contribution in the industrial sector, nor in the sector of trade and transport at place of work. In miscellaneous sector there were 110 people employed at place of work. At place of domicile there were 711 employees altogether. In the industrial sector there were none, in the main construction trade two businesses. Moreover, there were 62 agricultural businesses in 1999 with a total area of 1,010 ha.