Penzing (Bavaria)

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Bavaria
County :	Landsberg am Lech
Height :	608 m above sea level NHN
Area :	33.81 km 2
Residents:	3622 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	107 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	86929
Area code :	08191
License plate :	LL
Community key :	09 1 81 132
Community structure:	9 parts of the community
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Fritz-Börner-Strasse 11 ; 86929 Penzing
Website :	www.penzing.de
Mayor :	Peter Hammer ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Penzing in the Landsberg am Lech district

View of Penzing with the old school (now Volkshochschule) and St. Martin's Church

Penzing is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech .

Memorial stone for the 1250th anniversary in Penzing in 1990

geography

location

The main town of Penzing is located about in the center of the community five kilometers northeast of Landsberg am Lech and 13 kilometers from Lake Ammersee .

structure

The municipality consists of five districts, which correspond to the former municipalities, and has nine officially named municipality parts (the type of settlement is indicated in brackets ):

Epfenhausen ( parish village ) with brick barn ( hamlet )
Oberbergen (parish village)
Penzing (parish village) with Pullach b.Penzing ( desert ), Sixenried (hamlet) and Stillern (desert)
Ramsach (parish village)
Untermühlhausen (parish village)

history

Early history

The ending " -ing " of the place name testifies to the Germanic origin of the village. Belonging to Lechrain , on a moraine from the last Ice Age, the five villages of the municipality of Penzing are grouped in a semicircle around their center.

The Epfenhausen part of the municipality was first mentioned in a document around 1065. Oberbergen, which is one of the oldest development settlements in the Landsberg district, was founded in the 8th century. The oldest evidence of Ramsach is a document from the year 1179. Penzing and Untermühlhausen already existed when the Benediktbeuern monastery was founded around 740, which is evident from old records.

21st century

On January 4, 2009, a double murder was committed here, which became known in the media as the Penzing slurry murder.

Incorporations

In the course of the regional reform on January 1, 1971, the previously independent municipality of Oberbergen was incorporated. Untermühlhausen was added on April 1, 1971, Ramsach followed on January 1, 1972, and Epfenhausen on April 1, 1974.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2019 the municipality grew from 3,046 to 3,622 by 576 inhabitants or by 18.9%.

politics

mayor

Peter Hammer (CSU) has been mayor since May 1, 2020. He was elected on March 15, 2020 with 52.6% of the votes from two competitors. His predecessor was Johannes Erhard (village community) from May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2020.

Municipal council

Distribution of seats in the municipal council
year	CSU	DGP	BBO	DGU	DGR	DGE	total	Voter turnout in%
2020	5	3	2	2	2	2	16	71.02
2014	4th	4th	2	2	2	2	16	59.04
2008	4th	5	2	1	2	2	16	67.6

BBO = Bürgerblock Oberbergen
DGE = Dorfgemeinschaft Epfenhausen
DGP = Dorfgemeinschaft Penzing
DGR = Dorfgemeinschaft Ramsach
DGU = Dorfgemeinschaft Untermühlhausen

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: Two diagonally crossed red keys in gold, topped with a vertical blue sword.

Partner communities

Hungary Leányfalu , a village in northern Hungary

traffic

The A 96 motorway crosses the forested southeast of the municipality . This can be reached via State Road 2054 from Penzing to Landsberg am Lech and the AS 26 (Landsberg am Lech Ost).

The double-track, non-electrified Bavarian Allgäu Railway , which runs from Munich to Lindau (Lake Constance), runs through the Epfenhausen district. There was a train station in Epfenhausen with two platform tracks from 1873 to 1985.

Four bus lines run from Penzing to the train stations of Geltendorf , Kaufering , Mering and Landsberg .

Penzing Air Base

Is known Penzing also by 1935 for the Air Force of the Armed Forces built airbase Penzing provided by the German air force (then under the official name airbase Landsberg / Lech) mainly for transportation and supply of abroad with UN - or NATO used military working -Mandat has been. The airbase was from 1971 to the end of 2017 home of the Air Transport Wing 61 , located in the SAR has made a name Service of the Air Force. In addition, the remote area of Air Force Maintenance Group 14 was stationed there, which centrally carried out the periodic inspections of all Transall machines of the Federal Air Force . On October 26, 2011, the federal government announced that the Penzing site was to be closed as part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr . On December 31, 2017, the squadron was officially disbanded.

Sports

The FC Penzing e. V. offers football, ultimate frisbee, volleyball, stick shooting, acrobatics, table tennis and tennis.

Culture and sights

Multiplex cinema

Movie theater :

At the entrance to the village is the multiplex cinema , which opened on September 26, 2013 and is run under the brand name Cineplex , with eleven halls and 1393 seats. The house has digital 2D and 3D projection as well as D-BOX armchairs and is handicapped accessible. In October 2014, the first laser projector in Germany was put into regular operation in Hall 2 . In 2017 and 2018 the house was also involved in the international Snowdance Festival.

Soil monuments

Personalities

Franz Xaver Holzhey (1885–1945), captain and "bravery officer" of the First World War , who in the last days of the Second World War prevented the destruction of the Eisenärzt military hospital by putting up a Red Cross sign and was executed for it

Web links

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

Entry on the coat of arms of Penzing (Bavaria) in the database of the House of Bavarian History

Penzing (Bavaria): Official statistics of the LfStat

Individual evidence

↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
^ Parish Penzing in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on September 7, 2019.
↑ "Slurry Murderer" heard from Penzing voices Augsburger Allgemeine of 5 November 2009
^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 507 .
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 580 .
↑ Announcement of the results of the election of the municipal council on March 16, 2014. Penzing municipality, accessed on June 7, 2017 .
↑ Servus Transall - Penzinger squadron signs off. Luftwaffe homepage, December 10, 2017, accessed December 16, 2017 .
↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: A cinema and an air base . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on March 27, 2017]).
↑ Augsburger Allgemeine : The cinema industry relies on modern projection technology. Germany's first system is in Penzing , Landsberg, Dominic Wimmer, October 15, 2014
↑ Alexandra Lutzenberger: Filmfest Snowdance is at home in Landsberg . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on May 11, 2018]).
↑ SNOWDANCE 2018 - SNOWDANCE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 30, 2017 ; accessed on March 27, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: Snowdance Film Festival: Til Schweiger inspires his fans . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on March 27, 2017]).

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BY-1] "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).

[2] Parish Penzing in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on September 7, 2019.

[3] "Slurry Murderer" heard from Penzing voices Augsburger Allgemeine of 5 November 2009

[4] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 507 .

[5] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 580 .

[6] Announcement of the results of the election of the municipal council on March 16, 2014. Penzing municipality, accessed on June 7, 2017 .

[7] Servus Transall - Penzinger squadron signs off. Luftwaffe homepage, December 10, 2017, accessed December 16, 2017 .

[8] Augsburger Allgemeine: A cinema and an air base . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on March 27, 2017]).

[9] Augsburger Allgemeine : The cinema industry relies on modern projection technology. Germany's first system is in Penzing , Landsberg, Dominic Wimmer, October 15, 2014

[10] Alexandra Lutzenberger: Filmfest Snowdance is at home in Landsberg . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on May 11, 2018]).

[11] SNOWDANCE 2018 - SNOWDANCE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 30, 2017 ; accessed on March 27, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[12] Augsburger Allgemeine: Snowdance Film Festival: Til Schweiger inspires his fans . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on March 27, 2017]).