Steinhöring is a community in the

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n district of

Ebersberg Ebersberg is the seat of the similarly named Ebersberg '' Landkreis'' (district) in the Oberbayern ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative region) in Bavaria, southern Germany. The ''Ebersberger Forst'' (forest) is one of Germany’s largest conti ...

Geography

Steinhöring lies in the

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Region. It lies in the south-east of the ''Ebersberger Forst'' (forest) which is one of the largest continuous area of woodlands in

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. It includes two traditional rural land units (''Gemarkungen'' in German) named Sankt Christoph and Steinhöring. Neighbouring communities are

, Hohenlinden and Frauenneuharting.

Subdivisions

Steinhöring is divided into many boroughs: ''Sankt Christoph'' and ''Tulling''; ''Abersdorf, Berg, Endorf, Hintsberg, Schützen ''und'' Sensau;'' the hamlets ''Aschau, Au, Dichtlmühle, Dietmering, Elchering, Etzenberg, Graben, Höhenberg, Holzhäusln, Kraiß, Niederaltmannsberg, Oberseifsieden, Ötzmann, Rupertsdorf, Schechen, Sprinzenöd, Unterseifsieden, Wall, Welling, Winkl'' and ''Zaißing'' as well as the housing-groups of ''Blöckl, Buchschechen, Helletsgaden, Hofstett, Hub, Lehen, Lieging, Mayrhof, Meiletskirchen, Neuhardsberg, Oed, Oelmühle, Ranhartsberg, Salzburg, Schätzl, Schweig, Stinau, Thailing, Untermeierhof'' and ''Winkl b. Sankt Christoph.''

History

The community’s first documentary mention was in 824. By the 16th century, Steinhöring boasted a regionally important postal station. It belonged to the ' of Munich and the Court of Swabia of the

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and was the seat of a

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(Hauptmannschaft). In 1936, the

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racial organization

Lebensborn ''Lebensborn e.V.'' (literally: "Fount of Life") was a secret, SS-initiated, state-registered association in Nazi Germany with the stated goal of increasing the number of children born who met the Nazi standards of "racially pure" and "heal ...

’s first “Mother-Child-Home” (''Mutter-Kind-Heim'') was opened in Steinhöring. In the course of administrative reforms in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the community edict in 1818. In 1972, the former community of St. Christoph was amalgamated with Steinhöring.

Population development

The community’s land area was home to 2,395 inhabitants in 1970, 3,068 in 1987 and 3,540 in 2000.

Politics

The mayor (''Bürgermeister'') is Martina Lietsch (FLS). The municipal council consists of 16 politicians. The community’s tax revenue for 2010 was €2,545,000, of which €392,000 was business taxes.

Coat of arms

Steinhöring’s arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per fess, above in argent a half ibex rampant sable, below in azure a horizontal postal horn argent.

Education

In 2010, the following institutions existed in Steinhöring: *

Kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cen ...

s: 3 Kindergartens with, 1 of them integrates also handicapped children and works on basis of

Montessori The Montessori method of education is a type of educational method that involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emphasis on hands-on learning and developing ...

pedagogics *

Elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...

*School for handicapped childrenKorbinianschule Steinhöring
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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Steinhoring Ebersberg (district)