Eichenau () is a

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in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck, in

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, Germany. It is 20 km west of

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(centre). Eichenau was officially named in 1907 as a separate settlement to the community of

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. Its location is due to the railway station on the line

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. The settlement grew according to plans made by district commissioner Josef Nibler in Fürstenfeldbruck since 1916. He founded the Baugenossenschaft Eichenau and managed to acquire 60 ha of land for housing projects after the First World War. Most of the population commutes to Munich. The town now has a large sports centre, complete with outdoor beach volleyball courts and tennis courts. Eichenau has two elementary schools ("Grundschule") and one high school ("

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").

Twin towns

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, Italy, since 1990. *

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, since 1994.

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Famous people

* Claus Biederstaedt (1928-2020), German actor * George Bouzianis (1885–1959), Greek painter * Helmut Gneuss, (1927-2023), German

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* Widukind Lenz (1919–1995), German

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* Georg Spillner (1908–1998), clown Nuk

Literature

*Hejo Busley, Angelika Schuster-Fox, Michael Gumtau (Hrsg.): ''Geschichte im Schatten einer Großstadt. Eichenau 1907–2007.'' Herbert Utz Verlag, München 2007, (ISBN ) bzw. (ISBN ) *Landratsamt Fürstenfeldbruck: ''Der Landkreis Fürstenfeldbruck – Natur, Geschichte, Kultur'', Fürstenfeldbruck 1992

References

External links

*http://eichenau.de official webpage *http://www.myheimat.de/fuerstenfeldbruck/beitrag/26518/rundgang-durch-eichenau-in-30-schritten-und-ein-video-versuch/ virtual tour of the town * :de:Eichenau

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