Oberding (german: Oberding, bar, Obading) 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

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, and member of the same administrative community. Almost half of the area of

Munich Airport Munich International Airport- Franz Josef Strauß (german: link=no, Flughafen München) is an international airport serving Munich and Upper Bavaria. It is the second-busiest airport in Germany in terms of passenger traffic after Frankfurt A ...

, including both terminals, falls within the municipal bounds.

Geography

Oberding is located in the Munich area in the middle of Erdinger Moos between the rivers Sempt and village. The village is located about 6 km north-west of the county

, 17 km south of

Freising Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising ''Landkreis'' (district), with a population of about 50,000. Location Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the ...

and 36 km from the state capital

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

in the immediate vicinity of the

Community structure

Districts

* Notzing * Oberding

Other parts of municipalities

* Aufkirchen * Niederding * Notzingermoos * Oberdingermoos * Schwaig * Schwaigermoos For the construction of the

landing paths of in 1992, the residents of Franz home were partially displaced by Schwaiger Moos. Much of the current airport site, including the terminals is located in the municipality. For the planned construction of the third take-off and landing strip another partial removal of moss Schwaiger is necessary.

Waters

The Middle-Isar-channel and the river

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, both flow in roughly a north-south direction.

History

The region was part of the Electorate Bavaria, forming a closed Hofmark of

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...

s of

Bishopric of Freising The Prince-Bishopric of Freising (German: ''Hochstift Freising'') was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1294 until its secularisation in the early years of the 19th century. The Prince-Bishopric of Freising shoul ...

, with the Bishopric in 1803 deleted. In the course of administrative reform, the

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

was given the Community Edict of 1818 by the church.

Population Development

The region population in 1970 was 3,111, in 1987 3,229 and in 2000 4,692.

Policy

The Mayor of Oberding is Bernhard Mücke, in office since 2014 and re-elected in 2020. The municipal tax revenue in 1999 amounted to the equivalent of €6166 € T, which amounted to the business tax receipts (net) 3458 T converted.

Coat of arms and flag

The coat of arms established on 25 May 1950 is "in blue at an angle on the left posed silver scythe." Besides the coat of arms, the town flag are the colors blue, white and blue.

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

The largest contribution to the municipality is the Munich Airport Franz Josef Strauss, which opened in 1992, it is the most important economic factor; also in the district is the power station Santa Maria on the Middle-Isar-channel. The official 1998 statistics: * agriculture and forestry 22 * manufacturing 441 * trade and transport 436 * supported by social insurance 467 Also, in 1999 there were 121 agricultural holdings with a utilized agricultural area of 3,619 ha, of which 3,033 ha is arable land.

Education

In 1999, there were the following facilities: * Kindergarten: few kindergartens with 177 children * Elementary Schools: 2 with 27 teachers and 451 students

Attractions

* Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist in Aufkirchen, 1725–30 * Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Niederding, 1757–60 * Catholic Church in St. Korbinian Schwaig, 1903–05 * Catholic Church in St. Nikolaus in Notzing * Catholic Church of St. George branch in Upper thing, 1701/03, tower from the 14th century * Kath Daughter church of St. Nicholas in Notzing, 2nd half of the 15th century, saddleback tower of the 13th or 14th century * Castle Notzing, former water castle, 14th century

External links

www.oberding.de
Official website of the municipality Oberding
www.notzing.de

accessed on 23 November 2008

References

{{Authority control Erding (district)