Unterhaching
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| Unterhaching | |
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| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Upper Bavaria |
| District | Munich |
| Mayor | Wolfgang Panzer (SPD) |
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| Area | 8.73 km² (3.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 556 m (1824 ft) |
| Population | 21,807 (30/09/2006) |
| - Density | 2,498 /km² (6,470 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | M |
| Postal code | 82008 |
| Area code | 089 |
| Website | www.unterhaching.de |
| Location of Unterhaching within Munich district | |
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Unterhaching is the second largest municipality in the district of Munich in Bavaria, Germany.
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[edit] History
Based upon the discovery of graves, the settlement of the Haching Valley can be traced back to as far as 1100 B.C. The settlement of the Bavarian tribes is believed to have occurred between the fifth and eighth centuries.
The name "Haching" derives from the family name "Hacho" and the aristocracy of the Hahilinga. The name Haching is first recorded in a document from the Schäftlarn monastery in the year 806, left by the abbott Petto. Therefore, Haching is some hundred years older than Munich.
The name "Unterhaching" (lat. inferiori hachingin) emerges for the first time in the year 1180 in a possession listing of the bishop of Freising (Freesing).
St. Korbinian Church is the oldest building in Unterhaching and is located within the “Old City”.
Up until the 1803 secularization the surrounding monasteries were the primary landowners in the area. Also derived from this is the municipal coat of arms, which today shows the abbott staff of the Schäftlarn monastery and the sea-rose sheet from the coat of arms of the monastery Tegernsee.
Unterhaching began the 20th Century as purely a farming village. The number of inhabitants exploded from 616 inhabitants in 1900 to 20,545 in 2000.
In 1955 Unterhaching split from Ottobrunn and became an independent municipality.
In 1968 the building of two new large housing estates began, "Grünau" and Fasanenparks, which began the development of the City into a modern housing development.
[edit] Sports
Unterhaching is well known in Germany for its football (soccer) team SpVgg Unterhaching, which played in the 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 team, with multiple world and European titles. The Olympic gold-medalist Christoph Langen is a member.
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 base for Develey, a manufacturer of mustards and other fine foods, in addition to being the head quarters for chewing gum manufacturer Wrigley. The company Anton Schrobenhauser became one of the largest building contractors in Munich and the surrounding areas.
[edit] Environment
Early 2004 saw the beginning of the drilling work in Unterhaching for a geothermal power power plant - at present the largest geothermal drilling operation in Germany. The plant is to produce 3.1 MW of electricity and 16 MW of heat.
[edit] Twin towns
Unterhaching is twinned with: Bischofshofen /Salzburg (Austria), Le Vésinet (France), Witney (England), Adeje (Teneriffe/Spain) and Zywiec (Poland).
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