Baldham is a district of

Vaterstetten Vaterstetten is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. It lies east of Munich and is the district's biggest community. Vaterstetten is on the outskirts of Munich, roughly twenty minutes by S-Bahn from Marienplatz. Geography ...

in the

Upper Bavarian Upper Bavaria (german: Oberbayern, ; ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany. Geography Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered on the city of Munich, both state capital and seat o ...

district of

Ebersberg Ebersberg is the seat of the similarly named Ebersberg ''Landkreis'' (district) in the Oberbayern ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative region) in Bavaria, southern Germany. The ''Ebersberger Forst'' (forest) is one of Germany’s largest continu ...

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. It is located approximately 18 km east of the state capital

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

and 15 km west of the district capital

Geography

Vaterstetten is located in the Munich region at the transition from the

Munich gravel plain The Munich gravel plain (german: Münchner Schotterebene) is an outwash plain in Upper Bavaria, Germany, formed during Late Pleistocene glacial periods. Characterized by its very wide extension, it comprises sandur terraces and the floodplain of ...

to the

Ebersberg Forest Ebersberg is the seat of the similarly named Ebersberg ''Landkreis'' (district) in the Oberbayern ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative region) in Bavaria, southern Germany. The ''Ebersberger Forst'' (forest) is one of Germany’s largest continu ...

Districts

The original part of Baldham is the „Baldham Dorf“ ("Baldham Village"), which has hardly changed until today. It has about 800 inhabitants, most of whom belong to old-established families. Today, the majority of the population lives in the new development area around the Baldham S-Bahn station two kilometres away. The stop contributed greatly to Baldham's rapid population growth. Many people settled there because of the combination of its convenient location near the city of

, the garden city character of the town and the comparatively low rents at the time. This large part of Baldham has grown together with

throughout.

History

Today's municipality of

was only created with the municipal reform in 1978, when Vaterstetten together with the current districts of Hergolding,

Neufarn Vaterstetten is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. It lies east of Munich and is the district's biggest community. Vaterstetten is on the outskirts of Munich, roughly twenty minutes by S-Bahn from Marienplatz. Geography ...

Parsdorf Vaterstetten is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. It lies east of Munich and is the district's biggest community. Vaterstetten is on the outskirts of Munich, roughly twenty minutes by S-Bahn from Marienplatz. Geography ...

Purfing Vaterstetten is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. It lies east of Munich and is the district's biggest community. Vaterstetten is on the outskirts of Munich, roughly twenty minutes by S-Bahn from Marienplatz. Geography ...

, Neubaldham and Weißenfeld formed the municipality of

. On May 1, 1978, the ''Waldkolonie Pöring'' district was removed from the former municipality of Pöring and the ''Kolonie Baldham'' district from the municipality of

Zorneding Zorneding is a community in district of Ebersberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany. It lies some 20 km east of Munich, Bavaria’s capital. Geography Neighbouring communities In the northwest, Zorneding borders on the community of Vaterstetten, in t ...

and incorporated into the municipality of

. On May 2, 1978, only one day later, the community was renamed from ''Parsdorf'' to ''Vaterstetten'', because the main focus of settlement had already developed for a long time in the villages of

and Baldham.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Ebersberg (district)