Warngau

Warngau
Warngau
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Upper Bavaria
District Miesbach
Local subdivisions 10 Ortsteile
Mayor Klaus Thurnhuber
Basic statistics
Area 51.28 km2 (19.80 sq mi)
Elevation 744 m  (2441 ft)
Population 3,743 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 73 /km2 (189 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate MB
Postal code 83627
Area code 08021
Website www.warngau.de

Warngau is a municipality in the Miesbach District of Bavaria, Germany. It is located at and has a population of 3,489. During the Nazi period, Warngau was falsely proclaimed to be the birthplace of Heinrich Himmler in order to obtain more support from rural voters; Himmler was actually born just outside Munich.

References

  1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010. 
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Towns and municipalities in Miesbach