Grafing

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

Town
Coat of arms
Location of Grafing bei München within Ebersberg district
Coordinates: 48°3′N 11°58′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberbayern
District	Ebersberg
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Christian Bauer (CSU)
Area
• Total	29.57 km2 (11.42 sq mi)
Elevation	522 m (1,713 ft)
Population  (2016-12-31)
• Total	13,502
• Density	456.61/km2 (1,182.62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	{{#property:postal code}}
Vehicle registration	EBE
Website	www.grafing.de

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.

Pictures

Grafing Brewery

Grafing market place

Oberelkofen church

Grafing Train station around 1900

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

Grafing Media

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  Burg Elkofen, Ansicht der Anlage aus nördlicher Richtung

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  Stadion des EHC Klostersee

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  5th Ranger Battalion occupying Grafing, 1945

Other websites

• The town’s website
• Information from the travel club Archived 2017-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Town of Grafing Museum