Oberhaching


Oberhaching is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany, with 13,100 inhabitants on an area of 26.6 km². It is located some 15 km south of Munich city centre and looks back at a 1,250 year history.

Architecture

The most important buildings are the originally Romanesque church St Stephan in the centre of Oberhaching, the Gothic church Mariae Geburt in Oberbiberg, the Baroque church Holy Cross in Kreuzpullach and the Renaissance Wittelsbach mansion in Laufzorn. The small palace was built by Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria and later served as a residence for his nephew Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, Duke of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg.

Sports

The Paraguay national football team was stationed here during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Transport

Oberhaching has its own motorway exit on the A 995, which connects the motorway junction Munich-South with the Munich district of Obergiesing and the Mittlerer Ring. The M 11 connects Oberhaching with Grünwald, located 4 km away. In addition, Oberhaching is connected via the Lanzenhaarer Straße with the Bundesstraße 13, which is almost 350 km long and leads from Würzburg via Ingolstadt and Munich to the shore of the Sylvensteinsee.
At Deisenhofen station on the Munich–Holzkirchen railway line and Munich East–Deisenhofen railway line, the Meridian commuter trains of the Bayerische Oberlandbahn and the S3 line of the S-Bahn Munich stop. Another stop of the S3 is located in the district of Furth near the Bayerische Landessportschule .

Notable people