Moosach

Moosach
Moosach
Location of Moosach within Ebersberg district
Coordinates	48°2′N 11°53′E / 48.03333°N 11.88333°E / 48.03333; 11.88333Coordinates: 48°2′N 11°53′E / 48.03333°N 11.88333°E / 48.03333; 11.88333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Bavaria
District	Ebersberg
Municipal assoc.	Glonn
Mayor	Eugen Gillhuber (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area	18.21 km2 (7.03 sq mi)
Elevation	529 m  (1736 ft)
Population	1,461 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	80 /km2 (208 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	EBE
Postal code	85665
Area code	08091
Website	www.glonn.de

Moosach is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (administrative community) of Glonn.

Geography

The community lies in a very picturesque setting in an ice-age moraine landscape about 500 m in elevation and lends itself well to hiking. In the heights of the moraine that ring the town are lakes, among them the Steinsee, a favourite bathing lake, even among visitors from Munich. Somewhat farther away lies the Kitzlsee, which is a protected area.

Moosach comprises a good number of surrounding hamlets and lone homesteads such as Falkenberg (with a stable and a beergarden), Baumhau, Altenburg and Berghofen.

History

In 1990, Moosach could look back on 1,200 years of existence, witnessed in a donation document of the Bishopric of Freising. The community’s name goes back to the Moosach brook: “Ache flowing through the moss”, Ache being a regional word meaning “swiftly flowing water”. The Moosach rises from 7 springs at the foot of the mountain on which stands the Kloster Maria Altenburg (monastery).

Moosach belonged to the Rentamt of Munich and the Court of Swabia of the Electorate of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reforms in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the community edict of 1818.

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  Pfarrkirche St. Bartholomäus (St. Bartholomew’s Parish Church)

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  Maria Altenburg

References

1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010. 

External links

• Community’s website

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.