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Overseas is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Traunstein and health resort.

3.1 events

4.1 Coat of Arms

5.1 traffic

Geography

Geographical Location

Overseas is in the Chiemgau, especially in Achen valley on the southern shore of Lake Chiemsee. Through overseas flows through the Überseer Bach, alike as the Tiroler Achen, which limits the area of the municipality to the east, empties into Lake Chiemsee.

Community structure

The municipality has 36 overseas officially named districts:

Silly
Almau
Almfischer
Green
Anger Ling
Aumuehle
Bachham
Baumgarten
Chiemsee moss

Damberg
Angel stone
Feldwies
Frenthal
Streets
Gries
Gröben
Heinrich angle

Hot Anger
Hinterbichl
Hocherlach
Air
Mosses
Neuwies
Reiser man
Closing point
Seethal

Webs
Web homes
Front Unterbichl
Wasen
Weidach
Whose
Westerbuchberg
Windschnur

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities are Bernau, Grassau, jam -Egerndach and Grabenstatt.

History

In the Notitia Arnonis the name appears for the first time overseas to around the year 790. The monastery of St. Peter in Salzburg held early the paramount ownership of some goods in the municipal area, but the most important reason gentleman was from the late Middle Ages, Duke of Bavaria, the bailiwick became the mid-13th century on further Salzburg possessions in today's municipal area. 1818 overseas also own parish. Since 1860, the site was located on the railway line Paris -Munich- Vienna. The dating partly from the 13th century church gave way in 1902 to a neo-Gothic church.

Overseas was away mainly influenced over the centuries by farming until the war of tourism began, which revived the village. In the past, overseas was regularly hit by floods and the Tiroler Ache, up in the 30s of the twentieth century, the river was tamed with the construction of a dam. There are still remnants visible from temporary river beds amidst overseas.

Culture and sights

Named after the painter Julius Exter Exter artist house is now run as a gallery. From overseas, comes the La Brass Banda, a group founded by Stefan Dettl the new folk music.

The 1904 finished Roman Catholic Church of St. Nicholas was built in the Gothic Revival style by the Munich architect Joseph Elsner. It is also referred to as Achentaler Cathedral. The Church of St. Peter and Paul on the Westerbuchberg with the exposed frescoes from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Events

In overseas annually hosts the Chiemsee Reggae Festival, on, among other artists such as the Jamaican Sizzla occur, and the Wine Festival of the volunteer fire department overseas.

Policy

The local elections of 2002 and 2008 led to the following distributions seat in the municipal council:

Coat of arms

Blazon: Argent, on a blue arch foot a blue anchor crossed with a red key.

Reason: The silver and red as well as the key to give an indication of the possessions of the Abbey of St. Peter 's Abbey in Salzburg overseas. Silver and blue are available for the connection to the Duchy of Bavaria, Wittelsbach. The arch foot points to the location of the municipality at the Chiemsee and the anchor on the Saint Nicholas, patron of sailors.

Economy and infrastructure

Due to the location in the middle of the lake, mountains and moorlands, tourism plays an important role. In addition, there is of course also a lot of agriculture, as well as industrial manufacturing and service companies. Also, an aircraft company has gathered there.

In the district Feldwies directly at the Chiemsee is the Überseer beach, the yacht harbor and the pier of the local shipping line the Chiemsee shipping (which is not driven out of season ). The waterfront is well served by restaurants.

Also has the largest overseas, located directly on the Chiemsee camping and the only nudist beach on Lake Chiemsee.

Traffic

The A8 Munich -Salzburg crossed the territory of the municipality. With the overseas station, the community has connection to the railway line Rosenheim and Salzburg.

People who are connected with the community

Detlef Bernd Blettenberg (* 1949), writer, lives and works in Berlin and overseas
Helmuth Domizlaff (1902-1983), antiquary, lived overseas
Christian Ehrig (* 1964), journalist, born in overseas correspondent and presenter
Julius Exter (1863-1939), painter, lived and worked overseas
Franz Sales Gebhardt Westerbuchberg (1895-1969), painter, worked in Chiemgau
Centa Hafenbrädl (1894-1973), politician, was born in overseas Councillor of Munich
Walter Lederer (1923-2003), painter, lived and worked overseas
Klaus Steiner ( born 1953 ), politician, born in overseas member of parliament

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