Grafing

Grafing bei München
Market square
Location of Grafing bei München within Ebersberg district
Grafing bei München
Grafing bei München
Coordinates: 48°3′N 11°58′E / 48.050°N 11.967°E / 48.050; 11.967
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionOberbayern
DistrictEbersberg
Government
 • Mayor (2020–26) Christian Bauer[1] (CSU)
Area
 • Total29.57 km2 (11.42 sq mi)
Elevation
522 m (1,713 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
 • Total13,942
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
85567
Dialling codes08092
Vehicle registrationEBE
Websitewww.grafing.de

Grafing bei München (officially: Grafing b.München) is a town in the district of Ebersberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany.

Geography

Grafing is in the Munich Region, about 32 km (20 mi) southeast of the state capital, where the Urtelbach and Wieshamer Bach both empty into the Attel River. The distance is roughly the same to Rosenheim and Wasserburg am Inn. Nearby municipalities are the district capital Ebersberg about 4 km (2.5 mi) to the north, Glonn and Kirchseeon.

The town has the following traditional rural land units (Gemarkungen in German): Elkofen, Grafing b.München, Nettelkofen, Oexing and Straußdorf.

Grafing station, which is to the west of the town, has access to the Munich S-Bahn network, as well as to Regional-Express and Regionalbahn trains of the national Deutsche Bahn railway company on the Munich–Salzburg railway line opened in 1870. Here the Filzenexpress line branches off to Wasserburg, served by SüdostBayernBahn trains. There is also a station called Grafing Stadt in the town, which is served by the S-Bahn.

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Twin towns

Grafing is twinned with:

  • Saint-Marcellin, Isère, France, since 1993

Notable people

  • Max Joseph Wagenbauer (1775-1829), landscape and animal painter / lithographer, royal court painter and gallery inspector
  • Josef Schuster (1906-1996), German weightlifter

References

  1. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
  2. "Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke in Bayern, Einwohnerzahlen am 31. Dezember 2024; Basis Zensus 2022" [Municipalities, counties, and administrative districts in Bavaria; Based on the 2022 Census] (CSV) (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik.

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