Weilheim in Oberbayern

Weilheim in Oberbayern
Weilheim
Weilheim in Oberbayern
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Upper Bavaria
District Weilheim-Schongau
Mayor Markus Loth ("Bürger für Weilheim")
Basic statistics
Area 55.44 km2 (21.41 sq mi)
Elevation 563 m  (1847 ft)
Population 21,649 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 390 /km2 (1,011 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WM
Postal code 82362
Area code 0881
Website www.weilheim.de

Weilheim in Oberbayern (German: Weilheim i.Ob.) is a town in Germany, the capital of the district Weilheim-Schongau in the south of Bavaria.

Weilheim has an old city-wall, historic houses and a museum.

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Sport

The aeroclub Weilheim-Peißenberg flying at Paterzell airfield is rather successful in glider aerobatics: 2006 German National Champion Markus Feyerabend[2] and Hans-Georg Resch[3] are members of the German national glider aerobatics team.

Famous people

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Weilheim in Oberbayern is twinned with:

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. 
  2. ^ DAeC: German National Team member Markus Feyerabend (in German) - accessed 2008-02-09
  3. ^ DAeC: German National Team member Hans-Georg Resch (in German) - accessed 2008-02-09
Towns and municipalities in Weilheim-Schongau