Grainau
Grainau is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Garmisch -Partenkirchen.
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Local Finance
- 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
- 5.2 Tourism
- 5.3 traffic
- 5.4 Education
Geography
Grainau is located at the foot of the Zugspitze in Wettersteingebirge and belongs next to Garmisch -Partenkirchen, Farchant, Mittenwald, Krün and Wallgau to the seven churches of the former county Will Rock. With the Badersee and the Eibsee located in the municipality two mountain lakes. By a mountain fall about 3,700 years ago produced some wooded hills. Immediately before the town rises to the south of the Waxenstein. In the north, the valley is bounded by the Oberammergau Alps with the Kramerspitz.
The district Grainau consists of the villages Obergrainau together (administrative seat of the municipality ), Untergrainau, Hammerbach and Schmölz and the hamlet Eibsee.
History
Grainau was first in Freising land register (basic and possession book ) named in 1305 as " Gruenawe " which means as much as "green meadow ". The place consists of the two village communities top and Untergrainau. Both Dorfschaften belonged to the lower court for the Garmisch Hochstift Freising counted former county Will Rock. Since the Imperial Diet of 1803, includes the villages of the Electorate of Bavaria. On October 1, 1937, the merger of the town of Grainau took place.
Population Development
On the territory of the commune were 1970 3.032, 1987, 3383 and 2000 counted 3,763 residents a year.
Policy
Mayor Andreas Hildebrandt (CSU ).
Parish council
The municipal election held on 2 March 2008 shows the following distribution of seats in the local council:
Municipal finances
In 2011, the municipal tax revenue amounted to € 2.637 million, of which € 404,000 trade tax revenue ( net).
Monuments
Economy and infrastructure
Economy, agriculture and forestry
As early as the 15th century was mined at the current municipal area of the Hoellental iron ore. The mine was shut down in 1749. At the beginning of the 20th century they built some time, lead ore from. The closure of that mine was made after the First World War.
2011, there were in the field of agriculture and forestry none, in the production sector 29, in the area of trade and transport 595 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 129 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 1134. In the manufacturing sector (as well as mining and quarrying and earth ) there were no farms with more than 20 employees in the construction sector 7 operations. In addition, in 2010 there were 13 farms with an agricultural area of 144 ha Most agricultural Nutzbetriebe have moved in the last two decades of the dairy industry on the fattening of cattle.
Tourism
Around 1870 the first tourists came to the Zugspitze region. From 1912, the site was accessible by train and from 1930, the Zugspitze railway was put into operation, which transports tourists to the Zugspitze. Since the 1936 Winter Olympics in nearby Garmisch -Partenkirchen, tourism is flourishing especially due to the proximity of the Zugspitze. 1963 Eibseeseilbahn was opened. Today, tourism is a major source of income for the place. Obergrainau or Hammerbach are the starting points of a hike through the Höllentalklamm and the subsequent Höllentalbahn.
In Grainau are four four-star hotels ( Alpenhof Grainau, Eibseehotel, Holiday hotel house Hammerbach Waxenstein ) and many other hotels, apartments and rooms.
Traffic
Grainau (upper and Untergrainau ) can be reached with the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway, here ends the valley section of Garmisch -Partenkirchen, where connection to the railway line from Munich to Garmisch- Partenkirchen and the railroad Garmisch -Partenkirchen Innsbruck is ). From Grainau the Zugspitze mountain trail begins as a cog railway. The Grainau station of the Deutsche Bahn AG at the track Garmisch -Partenkirchen Reutte ( Tirol) -Kempten - Pfronten ( Außerfernbahn ) is a bit out in the district Untergrainau; there is a local bus connection to the center. A bus there to Garmisch -Partenkirchen and the Eibsee.
By car, the journey via Kempten and Reutte (Tirol ) or via the federal highway 95 (Munich - Garmisch -Partenkirchen ) is the most used. An alternative for storage is the distance - Schongau Oberammergau.
The nearest international airports are Munich and Innsbruck.
Education
In 2011 there were the following facilities:
- Kindergartens: 75 kindergarten places with 71 children
- Elementary school: one with three teachers and 89 students
Personalities
The following personalities were born in Grainau or are or were connected with Grainau. The listing is by year of birth.
- Max Hofmeier (1854-1927), gynecologist
- Paul Gans (1866-1915), automotive and aviation pioneer
- Triepel Heinrich (1868-1946), legal scholar
- Hans Wissel (1897-1948), sculptor
- Hans Stuck (1900-1978), racing driver
- Paul Nerreter (1905-1981), lawyer and politician
- Birgitta Wolf (1913-2009), journalist
- Andreas Ostler (1921-1988), bobsledder
- Peter Schneider ( born 1940 ), writer
- Michael Schneider (* 1943), writer
- Monica by Rose Nestler ( b. 1943 ), artist
- Catherine Real (* 1982 ), biathlete
- Anna Hartelt (* 1988), curler