Wallgau is a municipality in the district of

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the O ...

, 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 ...

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Population

Growth

:''*Statistics according to the Bavarian government, as of 2007.''

Demographics

:''*Statistics according to the Bavarian government, as of 2007.''Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung – GENESIS-Online Bayern
bayern.de. Accessed 11 February 2010.

Notable people

Magdalena Neuner Magdalena "Lena" Neuner (; since her 2014 marriage legally Magdalena Holzer; born 9 February 1987) is a retired German professional biathlete. She is the most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships and a two-time Olympic ...

, (born 1987), twelve-time

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

world champion, Olympic champion,

Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 Biathlon World Cup, 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 Biathlon World Cup, 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons ...

winner. Neuner has lived in the Bavarian village of Wallgau since birth.

Gallery

File:Wallgau 1900.jpg, Wallgau between 1890 and 1905 File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F009592-0013, Bayern, Wallgau.jpg, Wallgau in May 1960 File:Wallgau vom Krepelschrofen 2009.jpg, Wallgau from the mountain Krepelschrofen File:Wallgau Dorfplatz 2009.jpg, Village green File:Wallgau Kirche 2009.jpg, Town church File:Wallgau 2007.jpg, Wallgau in 2007 File:IsarWinterPanorama.jpg, Wallgau region in winter File:Blick vom hohen Kranzberg.jpg, View of the wider region

References

External links

Wallgau.de
official web site
Woiga.de
unofficial web site for citizens Information in Wallgau Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) {{GarmischPartenkirchendistrict-geo-stub