Image Coa: | Wappen Gräfelfing.svg |
Coordinates: | 48.1189°N 11.4289°W |
Image Plan: | Gräfelfing in M.svg |
State: | Bavaria |
Region: | Upper Bavaria |
District: | Munich |
Elevation: | 540 |
Area: | 9.58 |
Postal Code: | 82166 |
Area Code: | 089 |
Licence: | M |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 09 1 84 120 |
Divisions: | 2 municipality districts (Gräfelfing, Lochham) |
Website: | www.graefelfing.de |
Mayor: | Peter Köstler[1] |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 26 |
Party: | CSU |
Gräfelfing is a municipality in the district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located 1 km west of Munich.
The name "Gräfelfing" first appears as "Grevolvinga", which as per one hypothesis could possibly name a tribe leader named "grey wolf" ("*Grevol" -> German "grau(er)" -> English "grey"; "*vinga" -> German "Wolf" -> English "wolf").
Gräfelfing is ranked 5th of the wealthiest municipalities in Germany (2021).[2]
The municipality has two railway stations: and . Both are served by the Munich S-Bahn.