Piding
Encyclopedia
Piding is an approved climatic spa in Bavaria
near to the border of Austria
close to Bad Reichenhall
and Freilassing
.
.
The municipal area corresponds to a natural expanse: It is bounded by the mountains Hochstaufen
(1771 m) and Fuderheuberg (1.350 m) in the South, by the river Saalach
in the East and by the hill Högl in the North-West. In the North-East the Saalach shapes the borderline to Salzburg
(Austria).
Immediate neighbours are the town Bad Reichenhall
and the municipalities Ainring
and Anger.
(black lion's head) and to the monastery Höglwörth (cross-over silver keys).
(Munich-Salzburg) in front of the border to Austria. The federal road B 20 (Berchtesgaden-Oberpfalz) is tangent to Piding. Piding has its own railway station at the railway line Freilassing-Berchtesgaden.
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...
near to the border of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
close to Bad Reichenhall
Bad Reichenhall
Bad Reichenhall is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgauer Alps ....
and Freilassing
Freilassing
Freilassing is a municipality of some 16,000 inhabitants situated in the southeastern corner of Bavaria, Germany. It belongs to the "Regierungsbezirk" Oberbayern and the "Landkreis" of Berchtesgadener Land...
.
Geographical position
Piding is located in the middle of the Landkreis Berchtesgadener LandBerchtesgadener Land
Berchtesgadener Land is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the district of Traunstein and by the state of Austria.- History :The alpine regions of the south were Bavarian territory from the early Middle Ages. The 11th and 12th centuries saw the founding of numerous mountain villages...
.
The municipal area corresponds to a natural expanse: It is bounded by the mountains Hochstaufen
Hochstaufen
The Hochstaufen is located in the north of Bad Reichenhall and is the easternmost mountain of the Chiemgau Alps...
(1771 m) and Fuderheuberg (1.350 m) in the South, by the river Saalach
Saalach
The Saalach is a long river in Austria and Germany, and a left tributary of the Salzach.- Course :The river begins, as the Saalbach stream, in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kitzbühel Alps at the Torsee lake below the 2,178 m high Gamshag...
in the East and by the hill Högl in the North-West. In the North-East the Saalach shapes the borderline to Salzburg
Salzburg (state)
Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg...
(Austria).
Districts and Neighbours
The districts are Piding, Kleinhögl, Bichlbruck, Urwies, Mauthausen, Staufenbrücke and Pidingerau.Immediate neighbours are the town Bad Reichenhall
Bad Reichenhall
Bad Reichenhall is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgauer Alps ....
and the municipalities Ainring
Ainring
Ainring is a municipality in the district of Berchtesgadener Land, Upper Bavaria, Germany, near the border to Austria.-References:...
and Anger.
History
Archaeological troves shows, that the region was already populated in the New Stone Age (about 2800 B.C.). During the construction of the (former) ski-lift at the Fuderheuberg in 1970 copper bars from the Bronze Age were found.Religions
The Catholic parish Maria Geburt (birth of Mary) is responsible for this churches:- parish church Maria Geburt (Piding)
- St. Laurentius (Mauthausen)
- St. Johannes at Johannishögl (no regular masses)
Development of population
1790: 635 inhabitants, 1910: 864, 1946: 1.540, 1985: 3.996, 2000: 5.093, 2002: 5.257.Coat of arms
The municipal coat of arms from 1962 refers to the former relations to arch-monastery and chapter SalzburgSalzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
(black lion's head) and to the monastery Höglwörth (cross-over silver keys).
Municipal council
- CSU 8 seats(Andreas Argstatter, Heinz Bender, Sabine Wolf, Gerhard Rotter, Werner Seichter, Johann Steinbrecher, Johann Utz, Hogger Stefan)
- SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
1 seats (Helmut Grünäugl) - GreensAlliance '90/The GreensAlliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...
2 seat (Angelika Goldbrunner. Dr. Bernhard Zimmer) - FWG 9 seats (Georg Dufter, Bärbel Schöndorfer, Franz Geigl, Jochen Grimm, Susanne Scholze, Dieter Schönwälder, Walter Pfannerstill, Andreas Reichenberger, Hubert Diesbacher)
Mayor
First (governing) mayor is Hannes Holzner (CSU), second mayor Walter Pfannerstill(FWG) and third mayor Dr. Bernhard Zimmer (Grüne).Music/Tradition
- Club for the preservation of traditional costumes, "D'Staufenecker"
- Traditional band
Sport
- tennis hall, tennis courts
- 50 km hiking trails, 12 km cross-country ski runs (tracked)
- Pidinger Klettersteig (fixed rope route) to the HochstaufenHochstaufenThe Hochstaufen is located in the north of Bad Reichenhall and is the easternmost mountain of the Chiemgau Alps...
- Football ground
Resident Companies
- Autohaus Bachfrieder (car dealer)
- Behindertenwerkstätte (workshop for handicapped people)
- Milchwerke Berchtesgadener Land (dairy)
- Stahl- und Metallbau Heinz Bender KG (metal constructions)
- Eurimpharm (pharmacy)
Traffic
Next to Piding is the last exit of the motorway A 8Bundesautobahn 8
is an autobahn in southern Germany that runs 497 km from the Luxembourg A13 motorway at Schengen via Neunkirchen, Pirmasens, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Ulm, Augsburg and Munich to the Austrian West Autobahn near Salzburg....
(Munich-Salzburg) in front of the border to Austria. The federal road B 20 (Berchtesgaden-Oberpfalz) is tangent to Piding. Piding has its own railway station at the railway line Freilassing-Berchtesgaden.
Literature
- Max Wieser: Pidinger Heimatbuch, 1250 Jahre Piding - Verlag Plenk, Berchtesgaden 1985