Germering

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Germering
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Germering
Germering (Germany)
Germering
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Upper Bavaria
District Fürstenfeldbruck
Lord Mayor Andreas Haas (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area 21.61 km² (8.3 sq mi)
Elevation 535 m  (1755 ft)
Population 36,956  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 1,710 /km² (4,429 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate FFB
Postal codes 82101–82110
Area code 089
Website www.germering.de
Location of the town of Germering within Fürstenfeldbruck district
Map

Coordinates: 48°08′00″N 11°22′00″E / 48.133333, 11.366667

Germering is a town in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km west of Munich. The popular German band Sportfreunde Stiller is from here.

[edit] History

During World War II, a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was located in the town.[1] The city coat of arms was created by Karl Haas in 1981. He put it together by the city coats of arms of the boroughs of the city, Germering and Unterpfaffenhofen. Germering was for sure first mentioned about 859-864 A.D. Back then it was still known as Kermeringon. But it is said that it was already mentioned before under the name Germana.vel.admonte. Unterpfaffenhofen, the south-west part of Germering, was first named in a charter in 1190.

But Germering has a far older history. There were findings of burial mounds of the New Stone Age and the Bronze Age, as well as the Villa rustica built by the Romans. There was a trade route through the city on which were numerous brick kilns. After they were found they put a glass roof over one of them so one can still have a look at it.

Actually the German voice of "Gandalf" of "Lord of the Rings" Joachim Höppner used to live there.


[edit] References

  1. ^ www.glosk.com/GM/Linde/17283/pages/List_of_subcamps_of_Dachau/84737_en.htm