Maisach is a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

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 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

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, Germany

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. It is the largest municipality in the Fürstenfeldbruck district. It is situated 4 km north of Fürstenfeldbruck

Fürstenfeldbruck

Fürstenfeldbruck is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Fürstenfeldbruck. it has a population of 35,494. Since the 1930s, Fürstenfeldbruck has had an air force base....

, and 25 km northwest of Munich

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. It is served by an S-Bahn

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 station on the S3 towards Mammendorf

Mammendorf

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, which lies south of the town center. The tallest building in the town belongs to the eponymously-named local brewery and sports an aircraft warning beacon.

History

The first documentary record of Maisach comes from the year 806. For the other districts excepting Gernlinden there are also records coming from the second half of the 8th and first half of the 9th century. Gernlinden is first recorded in 1436.

In 1818 the community was established. The settlement Gernlinden was built after the first world war. The current organisation of the districts was carried out in 1978.

Districts

(Districts in bold are primary districts or previously individual communities)

• Maisach (5.193 residents)
  • Anzhofen (10 residents)
  • Diepoltshofen (71 residents)
• Gernlinden (4.419 residents)
  • Gernlinden-Ost (147 residents)
• Überacker (902 residents)
  • Fußberg (14 residents)
  • Fußbergmoos (23 residents)
  • Loderhof (13 residents)
  • Pöcklhof (12 residents)
  • Thal (22 residents)
• Rottbach (268 residents)
  • Deisenhofen (50 residents)
  • Kuchenried (6 residents)
  • Oberlappach (114 residents)
  • Prack (25 residents)
  • Unterlappach (17 residents)
  • Weiherhaus (13 residents)
  • Zötzelhofen (19 residents)
• Germerswang (783 residents)
  • Frauenberg (123 residents)
  • Stefansberg (124 residents)
• Malching (310 residents)
  • Obermalching (19 residents)
  • Galgen (22 residents)

Politics

The Gemeinderat in Maisach has 24 members:

	CSU	SPD	Freie Wähler Maisach	Die Grünen	Einigkeit Gernlinden	Bürgerforum Gesamtgemeinde Maisach	Total
2002	10	6	3	1	3	1	24 Seats
2008	10	3	6	3	2	0	24 Seats

(Status: Kommunalwahl on 2 March 2008 preliminary result)

On 1 May 2008 Hans Seidl (CSU) will take over the role of Bürgermeister