Poing, Bavaria

Poing
Coat of arms
Poing
Location of Poing within Ebersberg district
Coordinates: 48°10′N 11°49′E / 48.167°N 11.817°E / 48.167; 11.817Coordinates: 48°10′N 11°49′E / 48.167°N 11.817°E / 48.167; 11.817
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberbayern
District	Ebersberg
Government
• Mayor	Albert Hingerl (SPD)
Area
• Total	12.89 km2 (4.98 sq mi)
Elevation	518 m (1,699 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
• Total	13,750
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	85586
Dialling codes	08121
Vehicle registration	EBE

Poing is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg, lying 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of central Munich.

Geography

Poing is approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) NE of Munich and is serviced by the Munich S-Bahn (S2) and MVV Bus systems. Poing has two constituent communities named Angelbrechting and Grub. Poing is bordered on the east by Anzing and Markt Schwaben, Pliening in the North, Kirchheim to the West and Parsdorf to the South.

History

It is believed that Poing has been settled for more than 5,000 years. The ending on the community’s name suggests a Celtic origin.

Population development

Over the last few decades, Poing has developed rapidly from a small village into the second biggest community in the S-Bahn line 2 (S2) area (up to Erding) and into the second biggest community in Ebersberg after Vaterstetten. In 2006, it overtook the once dominant neighboring community of Kirchheim. The sharp rise in population is due to the many new building projects in the northern area of the city, to which no end is yet foreseen. Therefore, even more development projects are expected.

Source: Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland

Politics

The political parties currently represented on Poing’s municipal council are the CSU, the SPD, the Greens, the FWG Poing e. V. and the FDP.

The last mayoral election was held on 12 March 2006. With a voter turnout of 55.86%, the incumbent mayor Albert Hingerl (SPD) earned 79.24% of the vote, once again easily defeating his challenger Ludwig Berger (CSU).

Coat of arms

Poing’s arms might heraldically be described thus: In azure a fess argent upon which a chevron Or below which an eight-pointed star argent.

From the Poing patrician family Prielmair’s arms came both the star and the chevron. The shield’s color and the silver fess hearken back to the community’s former fast link with the House of Wittelsbach.

Culture and sightseeing

The Wildpark Poing, opened in 1970 and lies to the east of the community. In some parts of the park, visitors can walk through large outdoor enclosures containing various kinds of free roaming animals, which the public may feed.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Poing is serviced by the Munich S-Bahn network (S2) (Erding-Petershausen). There are two S-Bahn stops. One in Poing, the other in Grub (Obb.). Also originally planned was a stop at the Océ works, but this was never realized.

Highway connections include Autobahn A 94 (Munich-Passau) from Parsdorf/Poing, and from Hohenlinden Bundesstraße B 12 (towards Passau).

The FTO (Flughafen-Tangente-Ost, Airport Connector Road), is to join the A 94 with the airport. It is located east of the community, and opened for traffic on Sep. 9 2009. FTO will provide a direct north-south connection to the A94 and the Airport, improving Poing’s connections with Erding, Munich and the airport. The overall completion time of the project is mid-end 2010.

Established businesses

The biggest business in town is the firm Océ Printing Systems, a daughter company of the Dutch printing and copying specialists Océ. At the Poing plant, with roughly 1,500 workers, high-performance printers are developed and produced. Moreover, the following firms are to be found:

• Tengelmann
• Avnet EM (Logistics, Silica, Time, Memec, EBV, ALS, Avnet Abacus)
• Stahlgruber, car replacement parts and accessories, founded in 1923
• BayWa (Bau und Gartenmarkt)

Famous people

The Bavarian State Minister for Labour and Social Order, Family and Women, Christa Stewens, lives with her family in the community of Poing.

Andreas Grimm, the famous German travel writer was born and raised in Poing.

References

External links

• History/last days of the war in Poing

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.