Geretsried

History

Geretsried was first mentioned in the year 1083. In the early years it served a little more than a group of farms along the postal route between Munich and Innsbruck. It belonged to the city of Wolfratshausen.

In 1937 two munitions factories were built: "Dynamit Aktien Gesellschaft" and "Deutsche Sprengchemie", in the boroughs of what are today Gartenberg and Stein. Towards the end of the war, these factories employed slave and foreign labourers. Today, the remains of storage bunkers, administrative buildings, and other remains are scattered throughout the town. On April 9, 1945, The Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces bombed the factories.

In 1946, the empty bunkers and buildings were used to house German refugees from former ethnic German areas in Eastern Europe. In 1949, the citizens began to organize themselves and on April 1, 1950, the community of Geretsried came into being. On June 27, 1970, Geretsried got city rights.

Gallery

File:Geretsried, Kapelle Sankt Nikolaus D-1-73-126-1 foto2 2012-08-17 10.31.jpg|Geretsried, church: die Sankt Nikolaus Kirche

Geography

Geretsried lies on the Isar River and includes the communities of Gartenberg, Gelting, and Stein. The Bundestrasse (federal highway) 11 runs by the city. The distance to Munich is approximately 35 kilometers.

Politics

The town's Mayor is Mr. Michael Müller. On 30 March 2014, he was elected as Mayor of Geretsried town. He was re-elected in March 2020.

Coat of arms

The cogwheel in the coat of arms symbolizes the local industry, the river symbolizes the Isar and the Conifer symbolizes the nature.

Transport

The town belongs to the Munich public transportation zone. Regional buses connect the town to Wolfratshausen and Bad Tölz. An extension of the Munich S-Bahn line S7 is planned from Wolfratshausen to Geretsried.

Economics

Various logistics companies have bases in Gelting, e.g. GLS, DPD, and DHL. Tyczka Totalgaz, DMG Mori AG, Speck Piston Pumps, Byk Gardner, Rudolf Chemie, Pulcra Chemicals, Loxxess Kontraktlogistik, and the Bauer Compressor Group are the largest employers in the city. The Geretsrieder sausage factory Sieber, once the purveyor to the royal Bavarian court, recently achieved a turnover of 25 million euros, but in 2016 after the discovery of listeria it had to stop production, recall and subsequently file for bankruptcy. The Franco Fresco company now produces frozen pizzas on the site.

Twin towns – sister cities

Geretsried is twinned with:

• FRA Chamalières, France

Notable people

• Edmund Nick (1891–1974), composer, conductor and music writer

References

References

1. [https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], accessed 19 July 2021.
2. (13 April 2022). ""Fliegende Festungen" über Geretsried".
3. "MVV - S-Bahn-Planung".
4. "Städteverbindungen". Geretsried.