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Marktl, or often unofficially called ''Marktl am Inn'' ("Little market on the river
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"), is a village and historic
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in the state of
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,
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, near the
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n border, in the Altötting district of
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. The most notable neighbouring town is
Altötting Altötting (, Bavarian: ; ''Oidäding'') is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Altötting of Germany. For 500 years it has been the scene of religious pilgrimages by Catholics in honor of Mary, including a visit by Pope John Paul II i ...
. Marktl has approximately 2,800 inhabitants. Marktl is the birthplace of
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(previously Cardinal Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger), who succeeded
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as the 265th head of the
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. In 2013 he abdicated and was succeeded by
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.


History

* 13th century – Established as the power base of the
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. * 1297 – Construction of the first church dedicated to Saint Oswald within the
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of Stammham, it was sponsored by
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and was consecrated by
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. * 1422 – Duke
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grants
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privileges to the town. * 1477 – Duke Louis the Rich grants a coat of arms to the citizens of Marktl, showing a ship hook and caper measure, as symbols of navigation and trade * 1577 – Duke
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permits that the assignment of a priest to the Marktl branch church * 1697 – Prince-Elector Max Emanuel arranges the construction of the first bridge across the river
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at Marktl * 1701 – Lightning hits the tower of Saint Oswald church, which results in the incineration of the whole market * 1851 – Marktl, which had been only a subsidiary of the parish of Stammham, becomes an independent
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* 1857 – Bishop
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consecrates the newly built parish church of Saint Oswald * 1871 – Marktl gets a railway station when the railway line from
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to Simbach is built * 1919 – Construction of a protective dam on the Inn River as a safeguard against constant flooding * 1927 – Completion of the first concrete bridge over the
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and construction of the "Neue Strasse" (New Street) to bypass the market * 1965 – Remodel of parish church at Saint Oswald; parish hall is built * 1970–1972 – The formerly independent municipalities of Marktlberg and Schuetzing are incorporated into Marktl * 1980 – A mechanical-biological purification plant is built * 1981–1983 – The ''Bürgerhaus'' ("Citizens' House") is built (includes a public library, rooms for events, a
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alley etc.) * 1984–1987 – Construction of fire-brigade stations in Marktl and Marktlberg * 1989 – Connection to
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A 94 * 1996 – Redesign of the market square * 2000 – Redesign of the square in front of the railway station * 2005 – Election of
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and bottling of commemorative "Papstbier" (Pope bier) by local brewer Weideneder for sale to the public * 2006 – Visit of
Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...
.


Notable people

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Georg Lankensperger Georg Lankensperger (also: Lankensberger), (31 March 1779 – 11 July 1847) was a German wheelwright who invented the steering mechanism that is today known as Ackermann steering geometry. He patented the invention in Germany, but his agent Rud ...
(* 1779; † 1847), cartwright *
Paul Devrient Paul Devrient, real name Walter Stieber, also Paul Stieber-Walter (17 November 1890 – 5 November 1973) was a German operatic tenor and theatre director. He was considered a renowned Verdi and Mozart interpreter. He also gained notoriety as Ado ...
(* 1890; † 1973), opera tenor and director *
Hugo Grau Hugo Grau (Marktl, 15 April 1899 - 27 June 1984) was a German veterinarian and animal anatomist. He was the co-founder of the World Association of Veterinary Anatomists and the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists. In 1933 Grau signed ...
(* 1899; † 1984), veterinary *
Benedictus XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...
(* 1927 as ''Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger''), 265th 
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*
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(* 1982), cabaret dancer and writer


Coat of arms

Marktl's coat of arms features a ship's hook and caper measure as symbols of navigation and trade, under the blue and white lozenges of the duchy of Bavaria.


Twin towns — sister cities

Marktl is twinned with: *
Wadowice Wadowice (; ger, Frauenstadt – Wadowitz) is a town in southern Poland, southwest of Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants (2006), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie). Wa ...
, Poland (2006) *
Gönnheim Gönnheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The winegrowing centre lies bet ...
, Germany *
Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII Sotto il Monte ( lmo, label=Bergamasque, Sóta 'l Mut; "Under the Mountain"), officially Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, is a ''comune'' in northern Italy. Located in the Province of Bergamo in the Region of Lombardy, the town's official name, mu ...
, Italy (2009)


References


External links


markt-marktl.de
Official Homepage
Marktl am Inn
Sleepy Bavarian Village on the World Map. {{DEFAULTSORT:Marktl Am Inn Altötting (district) Populated places on the Inn (river) 13th-century establishments in the Holy Roman Empire