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Mittenwald
Mittenwald seen from Westliche Karwendelspitze
Coat of arms
Location of Mittenwald
Mittenwald Show map of Germany Mittenwald Show map of Bavaria
Coordinates: 47°25′N 11°15′E / 47.417°N 11.250°E / 47.417; 11.250Coordinates: 47°25′N 11°15′E / 47.417°N 11.250°E / 47.417; 11.250
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberbayern
District	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Government
• Mayor	Adol Hornsteiner (CSU)
Area
• Total	132.85 km2 (51.29 sq mi)
Elevation	923 m (3,028 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	7,387
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	82481
Dialling codes	08823
Vehicle registration	GAP
Website	www.mittenwald.de

Mittenwald (Central Bavarian: Mittawoid) is a German municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria.

Geography

Mittenwald is located approximately 16 kilometres to the south-east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is situated in the Valley of the River Isar, by the northern foothills of the Alps, on the route between the old banking and commercial centre of Augsburg, to the north, and Innsbruck to the south-east, beyond which is the Brenner Pass and the route to Lombardy, another region with a rich commercial past and present.

History

Mittenwald, along with Garmisch-Partenkirchen to the west, was acquired by the Prince-Bishopric of Freising in the late 14th century and the "crowned Aethiopian" head that is part of Mittenwald's coat of arms recalls that 400-year association that ended when the Prince-Bishopric was secularized in 1802-03 and its territory annexed to Bavaria.

Coat of arms of the Bishop of Freising

Mittenwald's location as an important transit centre on a relatively low (and therefore predictable) transalpine route has been a defining feature of the area for at least two thousand years: during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries traffic was boosted by large treasure trains sent regularly from Spain to pay troops in the Netherlands, the more conventional sea route having been rendered unreliable by the (usually) discreet but effective sympathy with which the English Protestant establishment favoured the Spanish king's rebellious Dutch subjects.

Twin City

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  Wyk auf Föhr, Germany
  

Economy

Mittenwald is famous for the manufacture of violins, violas and cellos which began in the mid-17th century by the Klotz family of violin makers, and has been a popular stop with tourists and student luthiers since the 1930s.

Notable places

The most significant landmark in the village is the pink colored Roman Catholic church of Saints Peter and Paul, which is typical of the region. The church and many of the surrounding buildings, both businesses and private residences, are decorated with elaborate paintings on the exterior walls. Near the Luttenseekaserne there is a monument honoring the participants of the Slutsk Defence Action.

Notable people

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  Traudl Maurer (born 1961) from Mittenwald is a German ski mountaineer and long-distance runner.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mittenwald.

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  Official website


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  Virtual tour of Mittenwald (in German)
  


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  Museum of violin manufacturing (in German)
  

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