Miesbach (district)

Miesbach
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Upper Bavaria
Capital	Miesbach
Government
• District admin.	Olaf von Löwis of Menar (CSU)
Area
• Total	864 km2 (334 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	101,451
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	MB
Website	landkreis-miesbach.de

Miesbach (German: [ˈmiːsˌbax] ) is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Munich and Rosenheim, and by the Austrian state of Tyrol.

History

In medieval times, most of the district was occupied by clerical states. The Miesbach district today is the union of the areas that were formerly occupied by the Hohenwaldeck county, the territories owned by the powerful Tegernsee Abbey, the territories owned by the Weyarn Abbey and Valley County. Hohenwaldeck was annexed by Bavaria in 1734, Valley in 1777. The clerical states were dissolved in 1803 and fell to Bavaria as well. Miesbach was established in 1803: the foundation ceremony took place in the court district of Hohenwaldeck. In 1818 Tegernsee was established. The same year the Aibling district was established too and Miesbach had to deliver 12 municipalities. In 1939 Tegernsee was merged into Miesbach. During the territorial reform in Bavaria in 1972 Otterfing was merged into Miesbach too and the district Wolfratshausen as well.

Geography

The southern half of the district is located in the Bavarian Alps. This section of the Alps is called Mangfall Mountains (Mangfallgebirge) as the River Mangfall has its source here. The most important peaks are Rotwand ("Red Wall", 1,884 m), the highest mountain in the area, and Wendelstein (1,838 m) .

The river Mangfall, a short but broad affluent of the river Inn, flows northward with the district's municipalities on either bank. In the initial part of its course it runs through Tegernsee Lake (9 km²).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

• a red eagle and two crossed staves, symbolising the county of Hohenwaldeck
• two water lily leaves above a wavy line, the ancient arms of the monastery of Tegernsee

Government

Charge	Name	Years in office
District Minister	Franz Xaver Steyrer Max Graf von Preysing Joseph Wiesend Wolfgang Knorr Alois Schmid Carl Bollweg	1803–1806 1806–1813 1813–1846 1846–1848 1848–1851 1851–1862, 1874
Joint President	Carl Bollweg Ludwig Mayr Uhl Carl Riezler Bernhard de Rudder Hermann Kopp	1851, 1862–1874 1874–1888 1888–1890 1890–1911 1911–1929 1929–1938, 1943
District Administrator	Kemnitzer	1943–1944
	Dr. Frick	1944–1945
	Dr. von Wehner	May 10, 1945 – August 1, 1945
	Schindler	August 1, 1945 – May 10, 1946
	Friedrich Roith	May 11, 1946 – May 27, 1946
	Freiherr von Schoen	May 28, 1946 – June 11, 1946
	Friedrich Roith	June 11, 1946 – September 25, 1946
	Dr. Süß	September 26, 1946 – May 31, 1948
	Meissner	June 5, 1948 – December 14, 1948
	Dr. Simon Beck	1949–1951
	Anton Bauer	1952–1955
	Dr. Walter Königsdorfer	1955–1972
	Wolfgang Gröbl	1972–1987
	Norbert Kerkel	1987–2008
	Jakob Kreidl	2008–2014
	Wolfgang Rzehak	2014–2020
	Olaf von Löwis of Menar	since 2020

Towns and municipalities

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Towns	Municipalities
Miesbach Tegernsee	Bad Wiessee Bayrischzell Fischbachau Gmund am Tegernsee Hausham Holzkirchen Irschenberg	Kreuth Otterfing Rottach-Egern Schliersee Valley Waakirchen Warngau Weyarn

External links

• Official website (German)