Fischbachau is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district of

Miesbach Miesbach () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and is the capital of the Miesbach district. The district is at an altitude of 697 metres above sea level. It covers an area of approximately 863.50 km² of alpine headlands and in 2017 had a popul ...

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Geography

Fischbachau is located in the valley of the river Leitzach, on an

Alluvial fan An alluvial fan is an accumulation of sediments that fans outwards from a concentrated source of sediments, such as a narrow canyon emerging from an escarpment. They are characteristic of mountainous terrain in arid to semiarid climates, but a ...

at the east edge of the Leitzachtals and at the foot of Breitenstein mountain. The town is located 9 miles away from

, 15 miles from

Rosenheim Rosenheim is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is an independent city located in the centre of the district of Rosenheim (Upper Bavaria), and is also the seat of its administration. It is located on the west bank of the Inn at the confluence of the ...

, 19 miles from

Kufstein Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufstoa'') is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 19,600 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The great ...

and 37 miles from

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 ...

, capital city of

History

Fischbachau is mentioned for the first time in the Frisian ''Liber commutationum et traditionum'' around 1078-1080. From 1096 to 1100 the St. Martin abbey was constructed and in 1803 the

Scheyern Abbey Scheyern Abbey, formerly also Scheyern Priory (german: Kloster Scheyern), is a house of the Benedictine Order in Scheyern in Bavaria. First foundation The monastery at Scheyern was established in 1119 as the final site of the community founded ...

. In 1811 Fischbachau was turned into a formal municipality with a mayor. During

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, a subcamp of the

Dachau concentration camp , , commandant = List of commandants , known for = , location = Upper Bavaria, Southern Germany , built by = Germany , operated by = ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) , original use = Political prison , construction ...

was located here.glosk.com/GM/Linde/17283/pages/List_of_subcamps_of Dachau/84737_en.htm In 1976 Hundham, Wörnsmühl and in 1978 southern parts of a territory of the former municipality of Niklasreuth were merged into the Municipality of Fischbachau.

Culture

Notable persons

* Kathi Greinsberger,

Volkslied Volkslied (literally: folk song) is a genre of popular songs in German which are traditionally sung. While many of them were first passed orally, several collections were published from the late 18th century. Later, some popular songs were also ...

composer * Josef Brunnhuber (1876–1936), periodist * Eduard Stemplinger (1870–1964), author * Fritz Müller-Partenkirchen (1875–1942), author *

Amelie Kober Amelie Kober (born 16 November 1987, in Bad Aibling) is a German Federal Police officer and Olympic medalist in snowboarding. Biography At the Junior World Championships 2005 in Zermatt, Switzerland she won silver. In the World Cup sh ...

(born 1987), snowboarder * Max Rauffer (born 1972), snowboarder * Benjamin Lauth (born 1981), football player * Paul Schneider-Esleben (1915–2005), architect *

Karl Höller Karl Höller (25 July 1907 – 14 April 1987) was a German composer of the late Romantic tradition. Biography Karl Höller was born in Bamberg, Bavaria. He came from a musical family on both sides: his father Valentin Höller was the Bamberg Cath ...

(1907–1987), composer

Bands

*Fischbachauer Sängerinnen *Fischbachauer Tanzlmusi *Roaner Sängerinnen *Musikkapelle Fischbachau

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