Fürstenfeldbruck () is a town in

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

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, located 32 kilometres west of

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

. It is the capital of the district of Fürstenfeldbruck. it has a population of 35,494. Since the 1930s, Fürstenfeldbruck has had an air force base. The name of Fürstenfeldbruck is composed of two parts, namely 'Bruck', Bavarian dialect for 'bridge' (meaning the bridge over the Amper river) and after the famous monastery of Fürstenfeld Abbey.

Geography

Fürstenfeldbruck covers an area of 32.53 km². It is located halfway between

and

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ...

, and along the Amper river.

Main sights

*Cistercian monastery ( Fürstenfeld Abbey), founded in 1266 by

Louis II, Duke of Bavaria Louis the Strict (german: Ludwig der Strenge) (13 April 1229 – 2 February 1294) was Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1253. He is known as Louis II or Louis VI following an alternative numbering. Born in Heidelberg, h ...

and closed in 1803. It was one of the favourite monasteries of the

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family. *Parish church of St. Magdalene (late 17th century) *Pilgrim church of St. Leonhard. A Gothic building which can be crossed riding a horse. *''Aumühle'', a 14th-century mill now housing the municipal library.

Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base

Fürstenfeldbruck has been the site of an Air Base since 1936. It was used by the

Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...

before and during

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. It was used by

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Aerial warfare, air military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part ...

after

and returned to the German government in 1957 and used as a base for the modern German Air Force ever since. The air force base was the site of the

Munich Massacre The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September, who infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two member ...

during the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. The nine Israeli hostages (two had been killed earlier at the Olympic Village) and eight Black September terrorists who captured them were flown to the base from the Olympic Village via helicopter, where the terrorists demanded they, and their hostages, be flown to a friendly Arab nation. After a botched rescue attempt by Bavarian border guards and Munich police, the terrorists killed all of the nine remaining Israeli hostages, who were unable to escape from the helicopters. Five of the terrorists and a Munich policeman were also killed in the gunfight.

Economy

The American company

Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures semiconductors and various integrated circuits, which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globa ...

has offices in Fürstenfeldbruck, and

Coca-Cola European Partners Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc (CCEP), formerly Coca-Cola European Partners (2016–2021) is a British company formed as a result of the combination of the three main bottling companies for The Coca-Cola Company in Western Europe: Coca-Col ...

has a bottling facility there as well. Also, it is the home of Leuze lumiflex, the maker of safety products (light curtains).

Twin towns – sister cities

Fürstenfeldbruck is twinned with: *

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, Spain *

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, Italy *

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, France *

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, United States *

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, Croatia

Notable people

* (1869–1934), German sculptor and goldsmith *

Olaf Ittenbach Olaf Ittenbach (born 1 April 1969) is a German people, German German underground horror, horror movie film director, director, actor and special effects artist. Filmography *''Black Past'' (1989) *''The Burning Moon'' (1992) *''Premutos: The Fal ...

(born 1969), German horror film director * Anna Katharina Kränzlein (born 1980), violinist, founding member of the folk rock band Schandmaul * Corinna Lechner (born 1994), cyclist * Ernst Mayr (computer scientist) (born 1950), computer scientist, professor of the TU Munich, winner of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 1997 * Ferdinand von Miller (1813–1887), iron moulder, builder of

Persons with reference to Fürstenfeldbruck

Johannes Mathesius Johannes Mathesius (June 24, 1504 – October 7, 1565), also called Johann Mathesius or John Mathesius, was a German minister and a Lutheran reformer. He is best known for his compilation of Martin Luther's '' Table Talk'', or notes taken of ...

(1504–1565), Luther biographer and reformer: In Bruck, he studied the teaching and traveling years of Luther's teachings in the house of the pastor Zacharias Weichsner * Adolf Des Coudres (1862–1924), landscape painter, died in Fürstenfeldbruck * Richard W. Higgins (1922–1957), pilot of the

USAF The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Aerial warfare, air military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part ...

sacrificed his life in 1957 to prevent a plane crash over Fürstenfeldbruck * Alexander Wesselsky (born 1968), singer and musician of the band

Eisbrecher Eisbrecher (; German for "icebreaker An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-b ...

, lives mostly in Fürstenfeldbruck and attended the Viscardi-Gymnasium

References

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