- Gröbenzell
Infobox German Location
Wappen = Gröbenzell Wappen.svg
lat_deg = 48 |lat_min = 12
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 22
Lageplan = Groebenzell in ffb.svg
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Oberbayern
Landkreis = Fürstenfeldbruck
Höhe = 506
Fläche = 6.36
Einwohner = 19202
Stand = 2006-07-01
PLZ = 82194
Vorwahl = 08142
Kfz = FFB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 79 126
Straße = Rathausstraße 4
Website = [http://www.groebenzell.de/ www.groebenzell.de]
Bürgermeister = Dieter Rubenbauer
Partei = CSUGröbenzell is a municipality near
Munich in the district Fürstenfeldbruck, inBavaria ,Germany . It was founded in 1952, and has a population of 19,202. Gröbenzell is often called a garden city, which is also illustrated by the two flowers in the coat of arms.Geography
Gröbenzell is located at the creek Gröbenbach at the margin of the
Dachauer Moos , an area which once was predominantly marshy. Since the end of the 19th century most of that land was dried up byDrainage . Nowadays most of the surrounding area is used as farmland. Also to the north and the south of Gröbenzell lie some small lakes, which are used as recreation areas by the residents of the area.To the south Gröbenzell seamlessly borders
Puchheim , to the north-west liesOlching and to the east the Munich districtLochhausen is located.History
The name Gröbenzell was first documented in 1725. It refers to a toll ("Zoll") station that was build next to the creek Gröbenbach to supervise the construction of a street between
Lochhausen andOlching . Thus the customs barrier and the creek can still be seen in the coat of arms. [Description of the coat of arms of Gröbenzell [http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/g/grobenze.htm] ] When the railway from Munich to Augsburg was built in 1840,peat cutters settled in the region. Gröbenzell predominantly remained a settlement for peat cutters untilWorld War II . After the war Gröbenzell grew fast, since a lot of refugees moved to Munich and its suburbs. In 1952 the town Gröbenzell was officially founded by merging several districts of Munich,Puchheim ,Olching and Geiselbullach to one community.Commerce and infrastructure
Even though most of the residents go to work in Munich, there are several commercial and industrial businesses in the commercial area of Gröbenzell.
Gröbenzell is well connected to the regional and national traffic network by S-bahn ( ) andS4_(Munich) desc noneAutobahn ( ,Bundesautobahn 8 desc none ).Bundesautobahn 99 desc noneTwin towns
*flagicon|HUN
Pilisvörösvár ,Hungary , since 1990.
*flagicon|FRAGarches ,France , since 1994.External links
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