Miesbach () is a
''Landkreis'' (district) in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen,
Munich
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and
Rosenheim
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, and by the
Austria
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n state of
Tyrol.
History
In medieval times most of the district was occupied by clerical states. The Miesbach district 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
Bad 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
The Bavarian Alps (german: Bayerische Alpen) is a collective name for several mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps within the German state of Bavaria.
Geography
The term in its wider sense refers to that part of the Eastern Alps tha ...
. 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", 1884 m), the highest mountain in the area and
Wendelstein (1838 m) .
The river
Mangfall
The Mangfall is a river of Upper Bavaria, Germany. The Mangfall is the outflow of the Tegernsee lake and discharges in Rosenheim from the left into the Inn. It is long.
Towns and villages on the Mangfall
* Gmund am Tegernsee
* Valley
* We ...
, 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
Towns and municipalities
References
External links
Official website(German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miesbach (District)
Districts of Bavaria