Murnau am Staffelsee

Murnau
Murnau in 2007
Murnau
Location of Murnau within Garmisch-Partenkirchen district
Coordinates	47°41′N 11°12′E / 47.68333°N 11.2°E / 47.68333; 11.2Coordinates: 47°41′N 11°12′E / 47.68333°N 11.2°E / 47.68333; 11.2
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Bavaria
District	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Mayor	Michael Rapp (CSU)
Governing party	CSU
Basic statistics
Area	38.05 km2 (14.69 sq mi)
Elevation	650 - 730 m
Population	12,262 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	322 /km2 (835 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	GAP
Postal code	82418
Area codes	0 8841
Website	www.murnau.de

Murnau am Staffelsee is a market town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany.

Murnau is situated on the edge of the Bavarian alps, approx. 70 km south of Munich. Directly to its west is the Staffelsee lake.

History

Murnau was first documented in 1150. It received the right to hold markets from Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, in 1350 and retains the title of "Markt" ("market") until today.

The town suffered a major fire in the year of 1835 and was subsequently almost completely rebuilt. During World War II a Nazi POW camp for Polish officers was located there.

Infrastructure

Murnau is a minor train hub, since it is the place where the Munich-Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Oberammergau train lines intersect. The first electrical signal box of the Deutsche Bundesbahn was installed here. Also, the A95 motorway and the B 2 Bundesstrasse run through or near Murnau.

Another major feature is the Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik, a hospital specializing in trauma surgery.

Murnau is used as a health resort by many guests.

Murnau has two elementary schools, the "James-Loeb-Grundschule" and the "Emmanuel-von-Seidl-Schule", the gymnasium "Staffelsee-Gymnasium" and the general school "Max-Dingler-Hauptschule".

Notable persons

For such a small town, Murnau has attracted quite a few noteworthy citizens over the years. Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky of the Blaue Reiter artistic collective lived there for several years. Ödön von Horvath spent a large part of his youth and young adulthood there and based some of his most well-known works (e.g. Jugend ohne Gott, Italienische Nacht) on happenings during the Third Reich in Murnau. Christoph Probst, executed by the Gestapo for being a member of the White Rose resistance group during the Third Reich, was born in Murnau. Filmmaker F.W. Murnau probably took his assumed name from the town, though there is no real factual evidence for this. Contemporary luthier Michael Koeberling lives and works in Murnau.

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

• Official site
• Murnau Castle Museum (German)
• Münterhaus Museum (German)
• Webcam: Pedestrian Precinct (German)
• Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Murnau
• Staffelsee-Gymnasium Murnau (German)
• Max-Dingler-Hauptschule Murnau (German)