Wallgau is a municipality in the district of

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ...

, in

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

Population

Growth

:''*Statistics according to the Bavarian government, as of 2007.''

Demographics

:''*Statistics according to the Bavarian government, as of 2007.''Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung – GENESIS-Online Bayern
bayern.de. Accessed 11 February 2010.

Notable people

Magdalena Neuner Magdalena "Lena" Holzer (, ; born 9 February 1987) is a retired Germans, German professional biathlon, biathlete. She is the Biathlon World Championships#Multiple medallist, most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships and a ...

, (born 1987), twelve-time

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...

world champion, Olympic champion,

Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons until 1986–87 season were called the European Cup, alt ...

winner. Neuner has lived in the Bavarian village of Wallgau since birth.

Gallery

File:Wallgau 1900.jpg, Wallgau between 1890 and 1905 File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F009592-0013, Bayern, Wallgau.jpg, Wallgau in May 1960 File:Wallgau vom Krepelschrofen 2009.jpg, Wallgau from the mountain Krepelschrofen File:Wallgau Dorfplatz 2009.jpg, Village green File:Wallgau Kirche 2009.jpg, Town church File:Wallgau 2007.jpg, Wallgau in 2007 File:IsarWinterPanorama.jpg, Wallgau region in winter File:Blick vom hohen Kranzberg.jpg, View of the wider region

References

External links

Wallgau.de
official web site
Woiga.de
unofficial web site for citizens Information in Wallgau Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) {{GarmischPartenkirchendistrict-geo-stub