Piding is an approved climatic spa in

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near to the border of

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close to

Bad Reichenhall Bad Reichenhall ( Central Bavarian: ''Reichahoi'') is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgau Alps (including Mount Stau ...

and

Freilassing Freilassing (), until 1923 Salzburghofen is a town of some 16,000 inhabitants in the southeastern corner of Bavaria, Germany. It belongs to the "Regierungsbezirk" Oberbayern and the "Landkreis" (County) of Berchtesgadener Land. Located very close ...

Geography

Geographical position

Piding is located in the middle of the ''Landkreis''

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. The municipal area corresponds to a natural expanse: It is bounded by the mountains

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(1771 m) and

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(1.350 m) in the South, by the river Saalach in the East and by the hill Högl in the North-West. In the North-East the Saalach shapes the borderline to

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(Austria).

Districts and Neighbours

The districts are Piding, Kleinhögl, Bichlbruck, Urwies, Mauthausen, Staufenbrücke and Pidingerau. Immediate neighbours are the town

and the municipalities

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and

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History

Archaeological troves shows, that the region was already populated in the New Stone Age (about 2800 BC). During the construction of the (former) ski-lift at the Fuderheuberg in 1970 copper bars from the Bronze Age were found.

Religions

The Catholic parish ''Maria Geburt'' (birth of Mary) is responsible for this churches: * parish church Maria Geburt (Piding) * St. Laurentius (Mauthausen) * St. Johannes at Johannishögl (no regular masses)

Development of population

1790: 635 inhabitants; 1910: 864; 1946: 1,540; 1985: 3,996; 2000: 5,093; 2002: 5,257.

Coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms from 1962 refers to the former relations to arch-monastery and chapter

(black lion's head) and to the Höglwörth Abbey (cross-over silver keys).

Politics

Municipal council

Elections in 2014 * CSU: 9 seats * Free voters: 6 seats * Alliance 90/The Greens: 3 seats * SPD: 2 seats

Mayor

First (governing) mayor is Hannes Holzner (CSU), second mayor Walter Pfannerstill (FWG) and third mayor Dr. Bernhard Zimmer (Grüne).

Culture and sights

Music/Tradition

*Club for the preservation of traditional costumes, "D'Staufenecker" *Traditional band

Buildings

*Schloss Staufeneck

Sport

*tennis hall, tennis courts * hiking trails, cross-country ski runs (tracked) *Pidinger Klettersteig (fixed rope route) to the

*Football ground

Economy and infrastructure

Resident Companies

*Autohaus Bachfrieder (car dealer) *Behindertenwerkstätte (workshop for handicapped people) *Milchwerke Berchtesgadener Land (dairy) *Stahl- und Metallbau Heinz Bender KG (metal constructions)

Traffic

Next to Piding is the last exit of the motorway A 8 (Munich-Salzburg) in front of the border to Austria. The federal road B 20 (Berchtesgaden-Oberpfalz) is tangent to Piding. Piding has its own railway station on the Freilassing-Berchtesgaden railway line.

Education

*Primary and secondary school *Rupertusschule (school for handicapped persons)

Characters

Honorary citizens

*Max Wieser: former mayor

Literature

*Max Wieser: Pidinger Heimatbuch, 1250 Jahre Piding - Verlag Plenk, Berchtesgaden 1985

References

External links

Official website

Tourism website
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