WEILHEIM-SCHONGAU


'Weilheim-Schongau' is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the south of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Landsberg, Starnberg, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Ostallgäu.

Contents
Geography
History
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
External links

Geography


The district is located in the northern foothills of the Alps. The main rivers of the district are the Lech and the Ammer. The ''Ammersee'' and the ''Starnberger See'' are at the northern boundary of the district.

History


The district was formed in 1972 by merging the former districts Weilheim and Schongau, and one municipality from the former district Marktoberdorf.

Coat of arms


Coat of arms
The coat of arms combines the symbols of the two precursor districts. The lion in top as the symbol of the Hohenstaufen dynasty was taken from the coat of arms of the district Weilheim. The crosier and the mining tools in the bottom are derived from the coat of arms of the district Schongau, symbolizing both the important monasteries as well as the coal mining in the district.

Towns and municipalities


TownsMunicipalities
#Penzberg#Schongau#Weilheim i.OB
'Markt'
#Peißenberg#Peiting
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
#Altenstadt#Bernbeuren#Habach#Huglfing#Rottenbuch#Seeshaupt#Steingaden		#Altenstadt#Antdorf#Bernbeuren#Bernried#Böbing#Burggen#Eberfing#Eglfing#Habach#Hohenfurch#Hohenpeißenberg#Huglfing#Iffeldorf#Ingenried#Oberhausen
  1. Obersöchering
  2. Pähl
  3. Polling
  4. Prem
  5. Raisting
  6. Rottenbuch
  7. Schwabbruck
  8. Schwabsoien
  9. Seeshaupt
  10. Sindelsdorf
  11. Steingaden
  12. Wessobrunn
  13. Wielenbach
  14. Wildsteig

External links



★ Official website (German)

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