Marktl am Inn

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Marktl am Inn


Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Administrative region	Upper Bavaria
District	Altötting
Population	2,682 (2005)
Area	27.84 km²
Population density	96 /km²
Elevation	375 m
Coordinates	48°15′ N 12°51′ E
Postal code	84533
Area code	08678
Licence plate code	AÖ
Mayor	Hubert Gschwendtner (SPD)
Website	marktl.de

Marktl am Inn

Marktl am Inn ("Little Market on the Inn River"), or simply Marktl, is a village and historic market municipality in the state of Bavaria, Germany, near the Austrian border, in the Altötting district of Upper Bavaria. The most notable neighbouring town is Altötting. The town has approximately 2,700 inhabitants.

Marktl is the birthplace of the current Pope Benedict XVI (formerly Cardinal Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who succeeded Pope John Paul II as the 265th head of the Roman Catholic Church.

[edit] History

13th Century - Established as the power base of the Counts of Leonberg.
1297 - Construction of the first church dedicated to Saint Oswald within the diocese of Stammham, it was sponsored by Berengar III, Count of Leonberg and was consecrated by Bishop Albert of Chiemsee.
1422 - Duke Henry XVI of Bavaria grants market privileges to the town.
1477 - Duke Louis the Rich grants a coat of arms to the citizens of Marktl, showing a ship hook and caper measure, as symbols of navigation and trade
1577 - Duke Albert V permits that the assignment of a priest to the Marktl branch church
1697 - Prince-Elector Max Emanuel arranges the construction of the first bridge across the Inn River at Marktl
1701 - Lightning hits the tower of Saint Oswald church, which results in the incineration of the whole market
1851 - Marktl, which had been only a subsidiary of the parish of Stammham, becomes an independent parish
1857 - Bishop Heinrich von Hofstetter inaugurates the newly built parish church of Saint Oswald
1871 - Marktl gets a railway station when the railway line from Munich to Simbach is built
1919 - Construction of a protective dam on the Inn River as a safeguard against constant flooding
1927 - Birth of Pope Benedict XVI; completion of the first concrete bridge over the Inn and construction of the "Neue Strasse" (New Street) to bypass the market
1965 - Remodel of parish church at Saint Oswald; parish hall is built
1970-1972 - The formerly independent municipalities of Marktlberg and Schuetzing are incorporated into Marktl
1980 - A mechanical-biological purification plant is built
1981-1983 - The Bürgerhaus ("Citizens' House") is built (includes a public library, rooms for events, a skittles alley etc.)
1984-1987 - Construction of fire-brigade stations in Marktl and Marktlberg
1989 - Connection to Autobahn A 94
1996 - Redesign of the market square
2000 - Redesign of the square in front of the railway station
2005 - Election of Pope Benedict XVI
2006 - Visit of Pope Benedict XVI

[edit] Coat of arms

Marktl's coat of arms was lent to handing by Duke Ludwig on May 12, 1447. The boat operator hook is a symbol of navigation, which was once so important in the region. The caper measure is a symbol of grain trading and shipping. The Bavarian lozenges refer to the affiliation of the place with the Bavarian duchy.