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Schongau, Bavaria

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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Upper Bavaria

Elevation
  
726 m (2,382 ft)

Population
  
12,193 (31 Dec 2008)

State
  
Bavaria

District
  
Weilheim-Schongau

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Local time
  
Friday 11:58 AM

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind NE at 19 km/h, 92% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Stadtmuseum, Polizeidienerturm, Maxtor

Schongau is a small town in Bavaria, near the Alps. It is located along the Lech, between Landsberg am Lech and Füssen. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Schongau has a well-preserved old wall around the center.

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Map of Schongau, Germany

Schongau and the nearby area is the setting of the Oliver Pötzsch novel The Hangman's Daughter.

Twin towns

  • Colmar (France) since 1962
  • Lucca (Italy) since 1962
  • Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) since 1962
  • Abingdon, Oxfordshire since 1970
  • Gogolin (Poland) since 1996

    • Mayor

    Since May 1, 2014, the mayor of Schongau is Falk Sluyterman van Langeweyde (SPD). He was elected in March 2014 with 50,3% of the votes.

    His predecessor was Karl-Heinz Gerbl (SPD); he was in office from 2008-2014.

    Sons and daughters of the town

  • Franz Rupp (1901-1992), pianist
  • Reinhold Bocklet (born 1943), CSU politician
  • Michael Kreitl (born 1975), ice hockey player
  • Stefan Schauer (born 1983), ice hockey player

    • References

    Schongau, Bavaria Wikipedia
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