Baierbrunn is a

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in the district of

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in the south-

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state

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. It is located between Schäftlarn and

Pullach Pullach, officially Pullach i. Isartal (, ), is a municipality in the district of Munich (district), Munich in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the Isar Valley Railway and is served by the S7 (Munich), S 7 line of the Munich S-Bahn, at the Großh ...

on the Bundesstraße 11 and consists of the two villages Baierbrunn and Buchenhain. Baierbrunn has a stop on the S7 of the

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History

Some remains of a

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from the

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, called Birg, can be found on the area of the municipality of Baierbrunn. The earliest known mentioning of Baierbrunn was in 776 on a deed of gift from Kloster Schäftlarn. It became an independent municipality in 1818. The village of Buchenhain started 1900 with an inn called "Waldgasthof". There used to be a ski slope until late 1930's, which remains are still visible today in the south of Baierbrunn.Joachim Lauchs: ''Baierbrunn. Eine Chronik'', Verlag Wort & Bild Becker, Baierbrunn 1988, ISBN 3-927216-00-3 The municipality was part of the men's individual road race at the summer Olympics of Munich in 1972

Transport

The municipality has two stations on the

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: and . Both are served by the

. Line is S7. The rails are single trail since previous station and trains cross at Baierbrunn station.

Web Links

Homepage of Baierbrunn Municipality

Homepage of S-Bahn Munich

References

Sources

* Alfred Hutterer: ''Am Brunnen der Baiern.'' Baierbrunn 1985 * Joachim Lauchs: ''Baierbrunn. Eine Chronik'', Verlag Wort & Bild Becker, Baierbrunn 1988, ISBN 3-927216-00-3 Munich (district) {{Munichdistrict-geo-stub