- Holzkirchen
Infobox German Location
Name = Holzkirchen
Wappen = Wappen_Holzkirchen.jpg
lat_deg = 47 |lat_min = 53 | lat_sec=0
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 42 | lon_sec=0
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Oberbayern
Landkreis = Miesbach
Höhe = 691
Fläche = 48.33
Einwohner = 16050
Stand = 2008-04-21
PLZ = 83607
PLZ-alt = 8150
Vorwahl = 08024
Kfz = MB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 82 120
Gliederung = 35Ortsteil e
Adresse = Marktplatz 2
83607 Holzkirchen
Website = [http://www.holzkirchen.de/ www.holzkirchen.de]
Bürgermeister = Josef Höß
Partei = CSUHolzkirchen is a
market town inBavaria ,Germany . With a population of over 16,000 (2008 ) it is the largest town in the Miesbach district.Holzkirchen was the location of one of the main transmitting stations for
Radio Free Europe . Transmissions started in 1951 and provided the people of Eastern Europe with news from Western Europe. The transmitters had a strength of up to 250 Kilowatts, and in the 1980s caused a Tornado aircraft to crash near Oberlaindern. Transmissions were reduced after the fall of the Communist block and the transmitters were dismantled in 2004.
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