Fischbachau Explained

Image Coa:Wappen von Fischbachau.svg
Coordinates:47.7167°N 68°W
Image Plan:Fischbachau in MB.svg
State:Bayern
Region:Oberbayern
District:Miesbach
Elevation:771
Area:75.91
Postal Code:83730
Area Code:08028, 08025
Licence:MB
Gemeindeschlüssel:09 1 82 114
Website:www.fischbachau.de
Mayor:Stefan Deingruber[1]
Leader Term:2022 - 28
Party:CSU

Fischbachau is a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany.

Geography

Fischbachau is located in the valley of the river Leitzach, on an Alluvial fan at the east edge of the Leitzachtals and at the foot of Breitenstein mountain.The town is located 9 miles away from Miesbach, 15 miles from Rosenheim, 19 miles from Kufstein and 37 miles from Munich, capital city of Bavaria.

History

Fischbachau is mentioned for the first time in the Frisian Liber commutationum et traditionum around 1078-1080.From 1096 to 1100 the St. Martin abbey was constructed and in 1803 the Scheyern Abbey.In 1811 Fischbachau was turned into a formal municipality with a mayor.During World War II, a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was located here.[2] In 1976 Hundham, Wörnsmühl, and in 1978 southern parts of a territory of the former municipality of Niklasreuth were merged into the Municipality of Fischbachau.

Culture

Notable persons

Bands

Tourism and Sights

PlaceBuilding
FischbachauSt. Martin abbey
Mariä Schutz Church
BirkensteinWallfahrts Chapel
ElbachSt. Andreas Church
Hl. Blut Church
Pfarrhof
HundhamLeonhard Chapel
WörnsmühlDreifaltigkeit Church

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden
  2. glosk.com/GM/Linde/17283/pages/List_of_subcamps_of Dachau/84737_en.htm