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Weilheim-Schongau Weilheim-Schongau is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the south of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Landsberg, Starnberg, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Ostallgäu. Geography The distric ...

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. It is situated on the right bank of the Lech, 3 km southeast of Schongau, and 17 km west of

Weilheim in Oberbayern Weilheim in Oberbayern (, ; officially Weilheim i.OB) is a town in Germany, the capital of the district Weilheim-Schongau in the south of Bavaria. Weilheim has an old city-wall, historic houses and a museum. Local history Up to the 18th cent ...

Transport

The municipality has two railway stations, and . Both are located on the Schongau–Peißenberg line.

Notable people

* Placidus Braun, Benedictine priest, historian and archivist * Martin Echtler, ski mountaineer * Erwin Kreuz, tourist who mistook

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