Benediktbeuern

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Country:	Germany
Benediktbeuern
Benediktbeuern Abbey

Coordinates:	47° 43′ N, 11° 24′ E
Time zone:	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
State:	Bavaria
Administrative region:	Oberbayern
District:	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
Municipial association:	Benediktbeuern
Municipial association:	Benediktbeuern
Mayor:	Georg Rauchenberger
Basic Statistics
Area:	37.86 km² (15 sq.mi.)
Population:	3,488 (31 Jan. 2007)
- Density:	92 /km² (239 /sq.mi.)
Elevation:	640 m (2100 ft)
Further Information
Postal code:	83671
Area code:	08857
Licence plate code:	TÖL

Benediktbeuern is a municipality in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria, Germany, and is located at 47°42′N, 11°25′E. The distance between Bichl and Benediktbeuern is only 2 kilometers, or 1.25 miles. The village has about 3,500 residents as of 2004.

Benediktbeuern has a famous monastery, formerly belonging to the Benedictine Order, called Benediktbeuern Abbey, which is well known because of the Carmina Burana and was founded in about 739. Since 1930 the Salesians of Don Bosco live in this monastery.

Goethe visited Benediktbeuern during his third journey to Italy in 1786.

Benediktbeuern has kept the structure of a traditional village near the Alps. It is possible to visit many places of interest from there in day-trips, and therefore it is a tourist resort. Many people commute to Penzberg, Wolfratshausen/Geretsried and Munich.

Important traffic routes are the motorway from Munich to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the state route 471 from east to west. Important public transport routes are the railway station of Benediktbeuern, where the train runs from Kochel to Munich in one hour, and the bus to Bad Tölz.