Unterhaching

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Country:	Germany
Unterhaching

Coordinates:	48° 4′ N, 11° 37′ E
Time zone:	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
State:	Bavaria
Administrative region:	Oberbayern
District:	München
Mayor:	Dr. Erwin Knapek (SPD)
Basic Statistics
Area:	8.73 km² (3 sq.mi.)
Population:	21,807 (30 Sep. 2006)
- Density:	2,498 /km² (6,470 /sq.mi.)
Elevation:	556 m (1824 ft)
Further Information
Postal code:	82008
Area code:	089
Licence plate code:	M
Website:	www.unterhaching.de
Location of Unterhaching within München district

Unterhaching is a municipality in the district of Munich district in Bavaria in Germany. It has an outdoor swimming pool which is visited by many people in summer. Its football team SpVgg Unterhaching were formerly in the premiere league for a short time.

It's twin cities are: Bischofshofen /Salzburg (Austria), Le Vésinet (France), Witney (England), Adeje (Teneriffe/Spain) and Zywiec (Poland).

1 History
2 Sports
3 Economics
4 Environment
5 External link

[edit] History

The fact that the settlement of the Hachinger of valley can be seen on the basis grave back from at least 1100 v. Chr. is a proven fact. Between fifth and this respective century the Bavarian trunk was formed, here occupied by an altbajuwarisches row grave field.

The name Haching is due to the family name Hacho and the aristocracy sex of the Hahilinga. the name Haching is mentioned for the first time in the year 806 in a document, with that the abbott Petto its possession the monastery Schäftlarn handed down even there. Therefore, Haching is some hundred years older than Munich.

The name under haching (lat. inferiori hachingin ) emerges for the first time in the year 1180 in a possession listing of the bishop of Freising (Freesing).

From 1310 to today the village church existed under the name St. Korbinian one built. It is therefor the oldest building in Unterhaching and is located in the local part “age place”.

St. Korbinian

Up until the 1803 secularization the surrounding monasteries were the basic gentlemen. Also from this is the municipality coat of arms, which today shows the abbott staff of the monastery Schäftlarn and the sea-rose sheet from the coat of arms of the monastery Tegernsee, is explained.

Unterhaching was to begin the 20th Century purely a farming village. Only with the binding at the course and post office net did the transformation began to the Wohngemeinde. The number of inhabitants exploded from 616 inhabitants in 1900 to 20,545 in 2000.

In 1955 Unterhaching split itself off the local part of Ottobrunn and became an independent municipality. In 1968 the building of two new large housing estates began, of which are Grünau and Fasanenparks, which finally changed the character of Unterhachings into a modern housing development.

[edit] Sports

Unterhaching is especially known in Germany for its soccer team SpVgg Unterhaching, which played in the First Division (Bundesliga) during the 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 seasons. In 2001 SpVgg Unterhaching won the DFB indoor soccer cup (DFB Hallenpokal).

The Unterhaching SpVgg also has a very successful bob-sledding department, with multiple world and European champions. The Olympic winner Christoph Langen starts with Unterhaching.

The Volley Ball department is just as successful TSV Unterhaching and played for six years in German Bundesliga (first division).

[edit] Economics

Unterhaching is the seat of Develey, a manufacturer of mustards and other fine foods, in addition to being the seat of the German administration of chewing gum manufacturer Wrigley. The company Anton Schrobenhauser became one of the largest building contractors in Munich and the surrounding areas.

[edit] Environment

At the beginning of 2004 was the start for the drilling work in Unterhaching for a Geothermal power and heat generating device - at present the largest geothermal drilling in Germany. The plant is to produce 3.1 MW of electricity and 16 MW of heat.