Raisting 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

Weilheim-Schongau Weilheim-Schongau is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the south of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Landsberg, Starnberg, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Ostallgäu. Geography The distric ...

district, in

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 ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Sport

The towns association football club

SV Raisting The SV Raisting is a German association football club from the town of Raisting, Bavaria. The club's greatest success came in 2013, when it qualified for the southern division of the Bayernliga, the fifth tier of the German football league system ...

, formed in 1924, experienced its greatest success in 2013 when it won promotion to the southern division of the

Bayernliga The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one o ...

for the first time.

Science

The town is home to Germany's first satellite ground station,

Raisting Earth Station Raisting Earth Station (German: ''Erdfunkstelle Raisting'') is a satellite ground station near Raisting, Bavaria. The station was Germany's first commercial station for satellite communication and is still one of the largest ground stations in the ...

Transport

The town has a railway station, , on the Mering–Weilheim line.

References

Weilheim-Schongau {{WeilheimSchongau-geo-stub