Lenggries

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Geographical situation:
Coordinate: 47° 40' 49"N, 11° 34' 26" O
47° 40' 49"N, 11° 34' 26" O
: 242,88 km²
: 9.466 (31. December 2004)
: 39 Inhabitant ever km²
: 679 m ue.
: 83661
: 08042
: TOEL
: 09 1 73 135
Address of the local administration: Town hall square 1
83661 Lenggries
Official Website: www.lenggries.de
E-Mail address:

Lenggries a municipality circle-belonging is in with 9.466 inhabitants in . Lenggries is the principal place of the Isarwinkels. The municipality is the surface-moderately largest municipality circle-belonging .

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Geografie

Lenggries lies in at the transition to the Alpine foreland. In the east the Tegernseer of mountains lies, in the west lies the house mountain of Lenggries, that Brown-hit a corner with 1556 m height. That brown-hit a corner is a well-known skiing area, by one is opened.

South the principal place lie u. A. that Sylvensteinsee (artificial lake) and the local parts Case and Front tear.

History

1220 are for the first time mentioned Lenggries. Over many centuries Lenggries, the settlement stood to "is enough Gries", under the rule of the barons von Hoerwarth of the closed yard Marks of high castle. Lenggries developed in the period 1808 - 1818 in connection with in these two year issued Bavarian municipality edicts to the independent political municipality. 1924 are attached Lenggries to the traction network (today ). Thus the tourism won increasing meaning for Lenggries.

Here also the first resistance was organized in the year 1705 against the Austrians, what led later to the Sendlinger battle.

Economics

Traffic

  • : B13
  • Line: (BOB) -Lenggries


Partnerships between cities

With five municipalities:

Plélo, Chatelaudren, Plouvara, Bringolo and Saint Jean Kerdaniel (sew Saint Brieuc)

in Côtes d'Armor.

Culture and objects of interest

  • Parish church St. Jakob (Italian baroque style, 1722 build)
  • Kalvarienberg with high castle (strictly geometrical plant. Interesting the comparison with the Kalvarienberg in the close .)
  • Lock high castle, exile of the 1866 of Prussia refugee
 

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