Eichenau
Encyclopedia
Eichenau is a municipality
in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck
, in Bavaria
, Germany
. It is situated 20 km west of Munich
(centre).
Eichenau was officially named in 1907 as a separate settlement to the community of Alling. Its location is due to the railway station on the line Munich to Lindau. The settlement grew according to plans made by district commissioner Josef Nibler in Fürstenfeldbruck since 1916. He founded the Baugenossenschaft Eichenau and managed to acquire 60 ha of land for housing projects after the First World War.
Most of the population commutes to Munich. The town now has a large sports centre, complete with outdoor beach volleyball courts.
Eichenau has two elementary schools ("Grundschule") and one high school ("Hauptschule
").
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...
in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck
Fürstenfeldbruck (district)
Fürstenfeldbruck is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the city of Munich and the districts of Munich, Starnberg, Landsberg, Aichach-Friedberg and Dachau.-History:...
, in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated 20 km west of Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
(centre).
Eichenau was officially named in 1907 as a separate settlement to the community of Alling. Its location is due to the railway station on the line Munich to Lindau. The settlement grew according to plans made by district commissioner Josef Nibler in Fürstenfeldbruck since 1916. He founded the Baugenossenschaft Eichenau and managed to acquire 60 ha of land for housing projects after the First World War.
Most of the population commutes to Munich. The town now has a large sports centre, complete with outdoor beach volleyball courts.
Eichenau has two elementary schools ("Grundschule") and one high school ("Hauptschule
Hauptschule
A Hauptschule is a secondary school in Germany and Austria, starting after 4 years of elementary schooling, which offers Lower Secondary Education according to the International Standard Classification of Education...
").
Famous people
- George BouzianisGeorge BouzianisGeorge Bouzianis was a major Greek expressionist painter.He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts of Athens with teachers such as Nikiphoros Lytras and Konstantinos Volanakis, Roilos and Geraniotis. In 1907 he moved to Munich to continue his art studies with Otto Seitz...
(1885–1959), Greek painter - Georg Spillner (1908–1998), clown Nuk
- Claus BiederstaedtClaus BiederstaedtClaus Biederstaedt is a German actor and voice actor. He studied in Hamburg and began his career working with Joseph Offenbach...
(* 1928), German actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity... - Herbert Riehl-Heyse (1940–2003), German journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
und authorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:... - Alma Hagenbucher (* 1922), German businesswoman
Literature
- Hejo Busley, Angelika Schuster-Fox, Michael Gumtau (Hrsg.): Geschichte im Schatten einer Großstadt. Eichenau 1907–2007. Herbert Utz Verlag, München 2007, ISBN 3-8316-0717-6 (ISBN ) bzw. ISBN 978-3-8316-0717-4 (ISBN )
- Landratsamt Fürstenfeldbruck: Der Landkreis Fürstenfeldbruck - Natur, Geschichte, Kultur, Fürstenfeldbruck 1992
External links
- http://eichenau.de official webpage
- http://www.myheimat.de/fuerstenfeldbruck/beitrag/26518/rundgang-durch-eichenau-in-30-schritten-und-ein-video-versuch/ virtual tour of the town
- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichenau
