Gmund am Tegernsee

Municipality in Bavaria, Germany

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Location of Gmund a.Tegernsee within Miesbach district

(2018–24) Alfons Besel^[1] (FW)Area

• Total34.40 km² (13.28 sq mi)Elevation

740 m (2,430 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,147 • Density180/km² (460/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

83703

Dialling codes08022 / 08021Vehicle registrationMBWebsitewww.rathaus-gmund.de

Gmund am Tegernsee is a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany. The town is located on the north shore of the Tegernsee Lake, and near the source of River Mangfall. It is 46 kilometres (29 mi) from Munich and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the district capital, the town of Miesbach.

Famous personalities who lived in Gmund were the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Ludwig Erhard, who is buried in Gmund's cemetery, the architect Sep Ruf and the clockmaker Johann Mannhardt. Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler and his family maintained a home there from 1934 to 1945.

Gmund is served by a station on the privately owned Tegernsee-Bahn railway, and is linked to Munich by trains of the Bayerische Oberlandbahn.

Gmund am Tegernsee Town Hall
St Aegidius Church
St Aegidius Church interior
Kaltenbrunn Estate

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 19 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).