Gilching Explained

Image Coa:Wappen Gilching.svg
Coordinates:48.1167°N 11.3°W
Image Plan:Gilching in STA.svg
Plantext:Location of Gilching within Starnberg district
State:Bavaria
Region:Oberbayern
District:Starnberg
Elevation:607
Area:31.49
Gemeindeschlüssel:09188121
Postal Code:82205
Area Code:08105
Licence:STA
Website:www.gilching.de
Mayor:Manfred Walter[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 26
Party:SPD

Gilching is a municipality in the district of Starnberg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 13 km north of Starnberg, and 22 km west of Munich (centre). The quarters Argelsried, Neugilching and Geisenbrunn belong to the municipality of Gilching. Gilching can be easily reached using the Munich area public transportation. One S-Bahn Railway Station is called "Neugilching" which is directly situated at the S8 line - formerly it was the S5 line - in the "Herrsching" direction.

History

The Roman road Via Julia from Augsburg to Salzburg runs through Gilching. Celtic tumuli and nemetons are found in the nearby forest between Gilching and Schöngeising.

The parish church St. Vitus holds a bell, the Arnoldusglocke, the oldest extant bell of Germany. It was cast between 1180 and 1187, commissioned by minister Arnoldus.

Twin towns

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden