Peißenberg

Municipality in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Peißenberg within Weilheim-Schongau district

(2020–26) Frank Zellner^[1]Area

• Total32.69 km² (12.62 sq mi)Elevation

584 m (1,916 ft)Population

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total12,881 • Density390/km² (1,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

82380

Dialling codes08803Vehicle registrationWMWebsitewww.peissenberg.de

Peißenberg is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 7 km southwest of Weilheim in Oberbayern.

Transport

Peißenberg has two train stations, Peißenberg and Peißenberg Nord. Both are situated on the Weilheim–Peißenberg railway and offer hourly connections to Augsburg.

Sport

The aeroclub Weilheim-Peißenberg flying at Paterzell airfield is rather successful in glider aerobatics: 2006 German National Champion Markus Feyerabend^[3] and Hans-Georg Resch^[4] are members of the German national glider aerobatics team.

People

Alexander Dobrindt (born 1970), politician (CSU)

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
^ DAeC: German National Team member Markus Feyerabend (in German) Archived 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 2008-02-09
^ DAeC: German National Team member Hans-Georg Resch (in German) Archived 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 2008-02-09