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Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Bavaria
County :	Traunstein
Height :	555 m above sea level NHN
Area :	41.28 km 2
Residents:	3577 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	87 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	83246, 83250
Primaries :	08641, 08640
License plate :	TS, LF
Community key :	09 1 89 160
Community structure:	31 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rathausplatz 1 ; 83246 Unterwössen
Website :	www.unterwoessen.de
Mayor :	Ludwig Entfellner ( CSU )
Location of the community Unterwössen in the district of Traunstein

Unterwössen is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Traunstein with the districts Hinterwössen, Oberwössen and Unterwössen. The community is located on the federal highway 305 between Marquartstein and Reit im Winkl .

geography

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Unterwössen with Balsberg and Geigelstein

Geographical location

The district of Unterwössen is still in the Achental , while the two districts of Hinterwössen and Oberwössen are located in a closed valley basin, which is separated from the Achental by a small mountain ridge. The Wössen Bach, the Kaltenbach and the Tiroler Achen flow through Unterwössen.

Community structure

There are 31 districts:

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Marquartstein, Reit im Winkl , Ruhpolding , Schleching , Staudach-Egerndach and the Austrian Kössen .

history

Until the church is planted

Settlement of the area goes back to Celtic and Roman origins. The pottery shards that were found near the Rettenburg on a ridge between Hinterwössen and Kruchenhausen date to around the year 900, which suggests an already existing settlement in Oberwössen or Unterwössen.

Unterwössen was first mentioned in a document in 1120. The name Oberwössen was first mentioned in the tax register of 1420. In the Spanish (1701–1714) and Austrian (1740–1748) War of Succession, the local population suffered great damage due to the location near the border. Oberwössen and Unterwössen in today's Upper Bavaria district belonged to the Burghausen Rent Office and the Marquartstein Regional Court of the Electorate of Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , the municipal edict of 1818 created the municipalities of Oberwössen and Unterwössen.

19th and 20th centuries

From 1810 to 1850 the Wössener Bach was built to protect the village from its annual flooding. The construction of the railway from Übersee to Marquartstein in 1884 and the improvement of the road to Reit im Winkl brought the first vacationers. On April 1, 1938, parts of the area were ceded to the new municipality of Marquartstein . After the Second World War , many displaced people found a new home in Unterwössen and Oberwössen.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, Oberwössen was incorporated into the municipality of Unterwössen during the Bavarian regional reform .

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 2,796 to 3,547 by 751 inhabitants or by 26.9%.

politics

1st Mayor: Ludwig Entfellner (CSU) since May 1, 2014
2nd Mayor: Bartholomäus Irlinger (OWG)

The local election of March 16, 2014 led to the following result for the local council:

Political party	Share of votes	Seats
CSU	39.2%	6th
Free voter community Wössen (FWG Wössen)	11.3%	2
Oberwössner voter group (OWG)	26.1%	4th
SPD	8.4%	1
FDP	15.1%	3

economy

The economic structure is based on agriculture, handicrafts, trade and above all tourism. The German Alpine Gliding School and the South German Paragliding School are existing facilities for holiday guests.

Transport links

The direct location on the German Alpine Road ( B 305 ) ensures good connections to Unterwössen and Oberwössen. The A 8 motorway can be reached in around 20 minutes. Munich is approx. 60 minutes away by car, Salzburg approx. 35 minutes. Both cities have large airports.

Culture, leisure and tourism

religion

The population is predominantly Roman Catholic. In 1942 Unterwössen was elevated to a parish, and in 1956 the new Catholic church in Oberwössen was built.

Architectural monuments

Soil monuments

Theater and performances

On February 24, 2001 and in February 2006 the traditional Wössen pirate game was performed again.

Tourism and leisure activities

There are leisure opportunities mainly in the sporting area:

Hiking routes from Unterwössen lead, for example, to Hochgern (1744 m), Hochfelln (1674 m), Rechenberg (1366 m), Jochberg (1265 m), Geigelstein (1808 m), Hasenpoint (1587 m), Hochplatte (1587 m) or zur Schnappenkirche (1100 m).

At the German Alpine gliding school can be gliding learn motor gliders and ultralight flight or run, to become the Süddeutsche Gleitschirmschule possibilities paragliding offered.

There is a mini golf course near the town center .

Swimming is possible in the nearby Wössener See with its open-air swimming pool , rafting on the surrounding rivers. Other popular leisure activities are jogging, Nordic walking, mountain biking, skating, tennis, beach volleyball, beach soccer or Kneipp therapy .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

1979: Franz Niegel (* 1926), pastor

Sons and daughters of the church

Mauritia Mayer (1833–1897), pensioner in Obersalzberg
Karl von Le Suire (1898–1954), general of the mountain troops
Ferdinand Diehl (1901–1992), director
Björn Berg (1923–2008), Swedish draftsman, painter and graphic artist
Otto Dufter (1934–2019), representative of the traditional costume movement in Bavaria
Thomas Köhler (* 1949), psychologist, physician and mathematician
Andreas Kuhnlein (* 1953), sculptor
Veronique Hronek (* 1991), ski racer

Prominent residents of Unterwössen

Hans-Otto Meissner (1909–1992), diplomat and travel writer
Karl Hugo Strunz (1910–2006), mineralogist and university professor
August Kühn (writer) (1936–1996), writer
Horst Köhler (* 1943), politician (CDU) and economist, Federal President from 2004 to 2010 , has owned a holiday home in Unterwössen since 2012
Stefan Mross (* 1975), trumpeter, singer and television presenter