Graswang

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Graswang
Ettal municipality
Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ 19 ″  N , 11 ° 1 ′ 30 ″  E
Height : 867  (865-895)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 250  (2019)
Postal code : 82488
Area code : 08822
Graswang from the southeast
Graswang from the southeast

Graswang is a district of the Upper Bavarian municipality of Ettal in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district .

location

The church village is located about 5 km west of Ettal and about 5 km east of Linderhof in the Graswang Valley north of the Linder on both sides of State Road 2060 at an altitude of 867  m above sea level. NHN .

history

It is possible that Graswang was already settled during the Germanic times. This is indicated by the place name. Places on -wang (= open area) are very old and go back to foundations in Germanic times. In the Salbuch Duke Ludwigs des Strengen around 1270, "five unnamed Schwaigen in Amte Ammergau" are listed, which probably means the farms in Graswang and Linder.

Townscape

The village, located off the Ettal - Oberammergau thoroughfare , has a rural character. The village is characterized by its quiet location and old wooden farms or houses decorated with ornate gables. The farmer's heights are mostly Einfirsthöfe with alpine flat saddle roofs. In the center of the village, some of these farmhouses, which date from the 17th and 18th centuries, are located around a grassy square.

Attractions

Center of Graswang

Residents

At the 1875 census, Graswang had 71 residents. In 1961 the population was 144, in 1987 there were 172. For 2019 the population is given as around 250.

Web links

Commons : Graswang  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Graswang. In: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information ). Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, section 3, p. 47 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digital copy ).
  3. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB  453660959 , Section II, Sp. 101 ( digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB  94240937X ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ Achim Sawall: Graswang: A village in Bavaria doesn't want a cell phone mast. In: golem.de. January 17, 2019, accessed September 5, 2019 .