Waldmünchen (
Central Bavarian
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: ''Woidminga''), is a town in the
district of Cham, in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It is situated near the border with the
Czech Republic
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, 18 km (11 mi) north of
Cham
Cham or CHAM may refer to:
Ethnicities and languages
*Chams, people in Vietnam and Cambodia
**Cham language, the language of the Cham people
***Cham script
*** Cham (Unicode block), a block of Unicode characters of the Cham script
* Cham Albani ...
, and 18 km (11 mi) southwest of
Domažlice
Domažlice (; ) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reser ...
.
Origin
The years 910 or 928 are assumed to be the foundation date.
Mayors
* 1946: Johann Pregler
* 1948: Albert Pregler
* 1956: Johann Kussinger
* 1964: Max Eisenhart
* 1978: Heinrich Eiber
* 1984: Dieter Aumüller
* 2002: Franz Löffler
* 2010: Markus Ackermann, reelected in 2014
International relations
Waldmünchen, Germany is
twinned with:
*
Combourg,
France
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(since 1993)
*
Klenčí pod Čerchovem,
Czech Republic
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(since 1990)
*
Marktoberdorf
Marktoberdorf () is the capital of the Bavarian district of Ostallgäu in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Swabia.
Marktoberdorf is near the town of Kempten, Füssen, known for the castle Neuschwanstein, Bad Wörishofen, and Schongau. The nearest larg ...
,
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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(since 1983)
*
Elz,
Hessen
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,
Germany
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(since 2006)
*
Plain, Wisconsin
Plain is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 749 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Plain is located at (43.277580, -90.044563).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , al ...
(since 2022)
Live pictures
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References
Cham (district)
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