Aßling (spelled with the German
ß) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
district of Ebersberg,
Upper Bavaria
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Geography
Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered on the city of Munich, both state capital and seat of the district gove ...
,
Germany
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. It is, along with the communities of
Emmering and
Frauenneuharting
Frauenneuharting is a community in the district of Ebersberg in Upper Bavaria and a member of the administrative community of Aßling.
Geography
Frauenneuharting lies in the Munich planning region.
Constituent communities
*Aichat
*Alme
*Anger
*B ...
, a member of the administrative community () of the same name.
Geography
Aßling lies within the
Munich
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commuter area, about 40 km from that city. It has its own railway station on the
Munich–Salzburg line.
Grafing bei München lies only 7 km away,
Ebersberg
Ebersberg is the seat of the similarly named Ebersberg '' Landkreis'' (district) in the Oberbayern ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative region) in Bavaria, southern Germany. The ''Ebersberger Forst'' (forest) is one of Germany’s largest conti ...
is 11 km away,
Wasserburg am Inn
Wasserburg am Inn (Central Bavarian: ''Wassabuag am Inn'') is a town in Rosenheim district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. The historic centre is a peninsula formed by the meandering river Inn. Many Medieval structures remain intact, giving the city ...
23 km and
Rosenheim
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20 km. However, there is no connection to any main highway in the Aßling area.
Aßling also holds two rural areas (), Aßling and Loitersdorf.
History
Aßling had its first documentary mention, as ''Azzalinga'', on 18 September 778. The place belonged to the of Munich and the Court of Swabia of the Electorate of Bavaria. Aßling was the seat of a
captaincy
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(), a historical form of administration. The community in its current form came into being in 1818 with the constituent communities of Adelpolt, Ametsbichl, Aßling, Ast, Bichl, Haar, Holzen, Längholz, Langkofen, Martermühle, Niclasreuth, Obstädt, Osterwald, Pörsdorf, Pürzelberg, Rammel, Sixtenreit, Sonnenreit, Steinkirchen, Stelzenreit, Tegernau, Thaldorf and Wollwies.
In 1978, as part of administrative reform, the formerly separate community of Loitersdorf was amalgamated with Aßling along with its constituent communities of Dorfen, Hochreit, Lorenzenberg, Loitersdorf, Obereichhofen, Untereichhofen, Pfadendorf, Hainza, Pausmühle, Setzermühle and Siglmühle.
Population development
The community's land area was home to 3112 inhabitants in 1970, 3319 in 1987 and 4031 in 2000.
Politics
The community's mayor () is Hans Fent. He was re-elected in March 2020 as the candidate for the Greens, Free Voters and SPD.
The community's tax revenue in 1999, converted into euros, was €1,964,000, of which €324,000 was from business taxes.
Coat of arms
Aßling's arms might heraldically be described thus: In azure a six-spoked wheel argent ringed with three flowers argent with middles Or. The official German blazon () says that the flowers are on each side and underneath, but the usual interpretation is to have the flowers surrounding the wheel in the form of a triangle pointing down.
Photos
Image:Assling Pfarrkirche-1.jpg, Saint George
Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...
's church in Aßling
Image:Lorenzenberg-1.jpg, Church in Lorenzenberg
Image:Dorfen Aßling-1.jpg, Constituent community of Dorfen
Image:Steinkirchen_Aßling-1.jpg, Church in Steinkirchen
Economy and infrastructure
In 1998, agriculture and forestry employed 11 people who paid social insurance contributions. There were 182 in manufacturing and 122 in trade and transportation. There were 159 people employed in other occupations. Furthermore, 1240 of those on the aforementioned rolls worked from home. Nobody worked in the manufacturing industry. There were nine contracting firms. Furthermore, in 1999, there were 97 agricultural businesses with a total productive land area of 1720 ha, of which 480 ha was cropland and the remaining 1240 ha was meadowland.
Education
In 1999, the following institutions could be found in Aßling:
*Kindergarten: 167 Kindergarten places with 140 children
*Elementary school: 1 with 27 teachers and 485 pupils
References
External links
Official website of Assling
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Ebersberg (district)