Eurasburg

Infobox German Location
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Art = Municipality
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Wappen = Wappen Eurasburg.pnglat_deg = 47| lat_min = 52 | lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 11 | lon_min = 24 | lon_sec = 0
Lageplan =
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Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Oberbayern
Landkreis = Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
Höhe = 600
Fläche = 40.9
Einwohner = 4274
Stand = 2005-06-30
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PLZ = 82547
Vorwahl = 08179
Kfz = TÖL
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 73 123
Gliederung = 52 villages and hamlets
Straße = Beuerbergers Str. 10
Website = [http://www.eurasburg.de/ www.eurasburg.de]
Bürgermeister = Michael Bromberger
Partei = Gemeinsame Wählervereinigung

Eurasburg is a municipality in Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria). It sits about 40 kilometers south of the Bavarian state capital, Munich, in the county of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen.

Since the redistricting reforms of 1978, the municipality of Eurasburg has had an area of 40.9 square kilometers, which includes 52 communities. The two largest communities are Eurasburg and Beuerberg. The municipality has a population of about 4,400.

History

The Irings established their fiefdom in the Loisach valley. It covered an area from Herrenhausen to Lake Starnberg and from Wolfratshausen to the fief belonging to Benediktbeuern Abbey. The castle built by the Irings, Iringsburg, gave the community its name.

Albert von Iringsburg, as a follower of Emperor Henry IV, was anathematized by Pope Gregory VII. To atone for her father and husband, Berta von Iringsburg and her sons Otto and Eberhard founded an Augustine monastery in 1121, which is now in the hands of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The abbey administered all church possessions in the whole fiefdom.

Albert VI of Bavaria tore down the old Iringsburg in 1626. The manor house which stands today was built in the late Renaissance style according to the design of Peter Candid. The manor house burned down in 1976. It was rebuilt in the 1980s the manor house was rebuilt and is used for private apartments.

Cultural and historical sites

Eurasburg is also home to Beuerberg Abbey, founded in about 1121 and renovated in the 1700s, and containing architecture from the 12th to the 18th centuries. It was dissolved in the secularisation of 1803. Today, the premises are occupied by the Visitandines.

External links

* [http://www.eurasburg.de Eurasburg Official Site]