Uffing am Staffelsee (officially, ''Uffing a.Staffelsee''; bar, Uffing am Staffesee) is a municipality in the district of
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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, in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It consists of the two villages of Uffing and Schöffau and is located on
Staffelsee
The Staffelsee is a lake in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district of Bavaria
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, the warmest lake in Germany. The
River Ach flows through Uffing.
Names
The name Uffing derives from the personal name ''Uffo'' and the possessive suffix ''-ing''.
Other attested historical forms of the name include ''Vfinga'', ''Uffingen'' and ''Üffing''.
Transport
The town can be reached by car or by train (
Deutsche Bahn
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describes itself as the se ...
). Uffing has
its own station on the
Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen line. The nearest international airport is
Munich International Airport
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.
Economy
Uffing benefits from several shops including a bakery (Mayer-Nett), pharmacy, supermarket (Edeka), butcher, and Frau Bauer's drugstore.
Culture
The parish church is dedicated to
St Agatha
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Arts and entertainment
* Stanza, in poetry
* Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band
* Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise
* Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...
(german: Agathe).
Uffing is home to Europe's only gay
Schuhplattler
The Schuhplattler is a traditional style of folk dance popular in the regions of Bavaria and Tyrol (southern Germany, Austria and the German speaking regions of northern Italy). In this dance, the performers stomp, clap and strike the soles of the ...
group.
The annual ''Seefest'' ("Lake Festival"), held in the first week of August (weather permitting), is a celebration of local music, dancing, and customs. The event is usually rounded off with a firework display.
Notable people
*
Georg Hans Madelung (1889 in Rostock – 1972 in Uffing), academic and aeronautical engineer
References
External links
Official site
{{Authority control
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district)