Penzing, Bavaria
Penzing is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech.
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History
The suffix "-ing " of the place name evidence of a Germanic origins of the village. The Lechrain belonging, located on a moraine from the last ice age, the five villages of the municipality Penzing are grouped in a semicircle around her middle. As part of local government reform in the formerly independent villages Epfenhausen, Oberbergen, Ramsach and sub- Mühlhausen were incorporated, so that the unit was Penzing community.
The first written mention of the local part Epfenhausen was at 1065th The founding Upper Bergen, one of the oldest settlements expansion of the district of Landsberg, took place in the 8th century. The oldest evidence Ramsachs is a document from the year 1179. Penzing and sub- Mühlhausen already in existence when founding of the monastery Benediktbeuren to 740, as is evident from old records.
Here a double murder was committed on January 4, 2009, which was known by the media as manure murder of Penzing.
Incorporations
On January 1, 1971, until then independent municipality Oberbergen was incorporated. On April 1, 1971, List Sub- Mühlhausen. Ramsach followed on 1 January 1972. Finally Epfenhausen was added on 1 April 1974.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms description reads: In gold two obliquely crossed red key, occupied by a vertically placed blue sword.
Policy
BBO = Biirgerblock Oberbergen DGE = village community Epfenhausen DGP = village community Penzing DGR = village community Ramsach DGU = village joint Mühlhausen
Traffic
Through the district Epfenhausen leads the Bavarian Allgäu railway which runs from Munich via Buchloe and Kempten, Lindau at Lake Constance. She is a two-track, non-electrified main line and is served in regional transport from Munich to the Allgäu and international long-distance traffic in Switzerland. The German railway leads as Route number 970 München-Lindau/Oberstdorf. Is a railway station in Epfenhausen there until 1985.
The Epfenhausen station was opened in 1873 as a through station on the railway line from Munich to Buchloe by the Royal Bavarian State Railways. The station had two platform tracks for passengers. In the transport of a loading dock and a freight shed was available. The station building was a two-story building with a hipped roof. In 1936, he was the opening of the railway siding of Epfenhausen the airbase Penzing a separation station. Since 1985, the station is no longer used due to declining traveler numbers for passenger services, the platforms, the loading track and some switches have now been dismantled. On the railway line to Penzing it was only in the 1950s, passenger traffic, it is however up to now sporadic freight instead. The station building and the remains of the platforms are still preserved.
After Penzing today operate four bus routes to Geltendorf, Buy Ring, Mering and Landsberg. Bus lines 10, 60 and 61 run directly to Landsberg. Bus number 61 runs further to Geltendorf, line 60 on to Egling. The station is integrated into Landsberger Transport Community (LVG ).
Aerodrome Penzing
Penzing is known primarily for the built in 1935 for the Air Force of the Armed Forces airbase Landsberg / Lech, that of the German Air Force in particular for transport and supply of operating abroad with UN or NATO mandate soldiers used today. The airbase is also home of the 1971 Air Transport Squadron 61, which has made inter alia in the SAR service of the Air Force a name. On the airbase of Remote area of Air Force maintenance group 14 is stationed beyond the centralized periodic inspections of all Transall aircraft of the German Air Force performs.
On October 26, 2011 have been announced on the part of the Federal Government that the site Penzing is closed as part of the reorientation of the Bundeswehr.
Sports
FC Penzing eV (Dept. football, Ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, curling, acrobatics, table tennis, tennis, etc)
Partner communities
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Culture and sights
Monuments
→ List of monuments in Penzing ( Bavaria )