Valley () is a municipality in the district of

Miesbach Miesbach () is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, Germany, and is the capital of the Miesbach (district), Miesbach district. The district is at an altitude of 697 metres above sea level. It covers an area of approximately 863.50 km2 of alpine ...

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. The municipality of Valley holds, as of 2006, 2949 inhabitants. Valley is also the name of a village of this municipality. In the village of Valley is located the

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''Schloss Valley'', property of the

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s of Arco, which holds a ''Museum of Culture and

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''. Valley is also locally renowned for the

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''Gräfliche Brauerei Arco-Valley'', which brews the ''Graf Arco'' beer. In 2002, the village played host to the

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. Valley is located on the river

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. Traces can be found that track the history of the village back as far as to the

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