Uffing am Staffelsee (officially, ''Uffing a.Staffelsee''; ) is a municipality in the district of
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ...
, in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It consists of the two villages of Uffing and Schöffau and is located on
Staffelsee, the warmest lake in Germany. The
River Ach flows through Uffing.
Names
The name Uffing derives from the personal name ''Uffo'' and the possessive suffix ''-ing''.
Other attested historical forms of the name include ''Vfinga'', ''Uffingen'' and ''Üffing''.
Transport
The town can be reached by car or by train (
Deutsche Bahn
(, ; abbreviated as DB or DB AG ) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG).
DB was fou ...
). Uffing has
its own station on the
Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen line. The nearest international airport is
Munich International Airport.
Economy
Uffing benefits from several shops including a bakery (Mayer-Nett), pharmacy, supermarket (Edeka), butcher, and Frau Bauer's drugstore.
Culture
The parish church is dedicated to
St Agatha ().
Uffing is home to Europe's only gay
Schuhplattler
The Schuhplattler is a traditional style of folk dance popular in the Eastern Alps, specifically originating in Upper Bavaria, Tyrol, and Salzburg (state), Salzburg. In this dance, the performers stomp, clap, and strike the soles of their shoes ( ...
group.
The annual ''Seefest'' ("Lake Festival"), held in the first week of August (weather permitting), is a celebration of local music, dancing, and customs. The event is usually rounded off with a firework display.
Notable people
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Georg Hans Madelung
Georg Hans Madelung (31 July 1889 in Rostock – 17 August 1972 in Uffing) was a German academic and aeronautical engineer.
Madelung studied at several German universities of technology before his service as a pilot in the First World War. ...
(1889 in Rostock – 1972 in Uffing), academic and aeronautical engineer
References
External links
Official site
{{Authority control
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district)