Waldkraiburg is a town in the district of Mühldorf

Mühldorf (district)

Mühldorf is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Landshut, Rottal-Inn, Altötting, Traunstein, Rosenheim, Ebersberg and Erding.-History:...

, in Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

Germany

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 with a population of about 24,000. It is the biggest town in the district of Mühldorf. It is located on the Inn River

Inn River

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, approximately ten kilometers southwest of Mühldorf

Mühldorf

Mühldorf am Inn is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the district Mühldorf on the river Inn. It is located at , and had a population of about 17,808 in 2005.-History:...

 and sixty kilometers east of Munich

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Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

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Waldkraiburg is one of the bavarian displaced person

Displaced person

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 cities. During World War II

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, an armour factory fabricated gunpowder in this area. The remaining bunkers were soon used as makeshift housing for displaced persons from Sudetenland

Sudetenland

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 and Bohemia

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Officially founded on April 1, 1950 the community grew fast and in 1960 it was granted the rights of a town.
Today, chemical and engine building factories are located in Waldkraiburg.

Sport clubs and other associations

• EHC Waldkraiburg
• EC Grizzly's
• Runningclub LC Bayern
• Motorclub Waldkraiburg in the ADAC
  ADAC
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• Rock'n Roll & Boogie-Club "Hot Socks"
• Shooting Club Waldkraiburg
• Squashclub Waldkraiburg
• Diving Club TC Manta
• Dancing Club Weiß-Blau 70 e.V. Waldkraiburg
• VfL Waldkraiburg

Famous people in Waldkraiburg

• Ferdinand Staeger * March 3, 1880 in Trebitsch, Mähren; † September 11, 1976 in Waldkraiburg, was a German painter.

• Emilie Schindler
  Emilie Schindler
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   is buried in Waldkraiburg. She is the wife of Oskar Schindler
  Oskar Schindler
  Oskar Schindler was an ethnic German industrialist born in Moravia. He is credited with saving over 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories, which were located in what is now Poland and the Czech Republic respectively.He is the subject of the...
  
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• Peter Maffay
  Peter Maffay
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  grew up in Waldkraiburg.

Sons and daughters of the city

• Julia Mürkens: January 1, 2007 she was invested "Miss Bayern"