Grafrath is a
municipality in the district of
Fürstenfeldbruck
Fürstenfeldbruck () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, located 32 kilometres west of Munich. It is the capital of the district of Fürstenfeldbruck. it has a population of 35,494. Since the 1930s, Fürstenfeldbruck has had an air force base.
Th ...
in
Bavaria in
Germany. It takes its name from
Saint Rasso (Ratho), a count (Graf) who founded a
Benedictine abbey in the 10th century.
Rasso (Ratho) von Andechs - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
/ref>
Points of interest
* Forstlicher Versuchsgarten Grafrath
The Forstlicher Versuchsgarten Grafrath is an arboretum in Grafrath, Bavaria, Germany.
The arboretum is located at Jesenwanger Strasse 11, Grafrath. It is large. It is open without charge on weekdays in the warmer months. It was established in ...
, an arboretum
An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...
References
External links
''Warburg Institute Iconographic Database''
(Photos of the interior of the church of St Rasso).
Fürstenfeldbruck (district)
{{Fürstenfeldbruckdistrict-geo-stub