The Bavarian Oberland ( German : Bayerisches Oberland ) is a region in Upper Bavaria north of and including the Bavarian Pre-alps between the rivers Lech and Inn .
6-709: Originally the region, which roughly corresponds to the county of Miesbach , was called the Oberland. In 1705, during the War of the Spanish Succession the first rebellion against its Austrian occupiers broke out. This Bavarian People's Uprising soon met a tragic end in the Sendling night of murder . Since the creation in the 1970s of the Oberland Planning Region, the term has changed. The planning region extends over
12-552: Is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria , Germany . It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen , Munich and Rosenheim , and by the Austrian state of Tyrol . In medieval times, most of the district was occupied by clerical states. The Miesbach district today is the union of the areas that were formerly occupied by the Hohenwaldeck county,
18-533: Is one of the strongest economically in Germany today. Tourism is of great significance as well as agriculture and forestry. Today (2006) around 432,000 people live in the region on an area of 3,953 km. In a 2006 Germany-wide survey into how content people were with where they lived the Bavarian Oberland achieved first place. Landkreis Miesbach Miesbach ( German: [ˈmiːsˌbax] )
24-615: The Aibling district was established too and Miesbach had to deliver 12 municipalities. In 1939 Tegernsee was merged into Miesbach. During the territorial reform in Bavaria in 1972 Otterfing was merged into Miesbach too and the district Wolfratshausen as well. The southern half of the district is located in the Bavarian Alps . This section of the Alps is called Mangfall Mountains ( Mangfallgebirge ) as
30-412: The four counties of Miesbach , Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen , Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Weilheim-Schongau . Sometimes areas to the north ( Munich , Starnberg , Landsberg am Lech ) or to the east ( Chiemgau ) are incorrectly considered part of the Bavarian Oberland. The Bavarian Oberland is a region that is still largely rural and that continues to play a major role in its culture and customs. The region
36-464: The territories owned by the powerful Tegernsee Abbey , the territories owned by the Weyarn Abbey and Valley County. Hohenwaldeck was annexed by Bavaria in 1734, Valley in 1777. The clerical states were dissolved in 1803 and fell to Bavaria as well. Miesbach was established in 1803: the foundation ceremony took place in the court district of Hohenwaldeck. In 1818 Tegernsee was established. The same year
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