- Benediktbeuern
Infobox German Location
Art = Municipality
image_photo = Kloster Benediktbeuern-1.jpg
image_caption = Benediktbeuern Abbey
Wappen = Wappen von Benediktbeuern.png
lat_deg = 47 | lat_min = 43 | lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 11 | lon_min = 24 | lon_sec = 0
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Oberbayern
Landkreis = Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Benediktbeuern
Höhe = 640
Fläche = 37.86
Einwohner = 3488
Stand = 2007-01-31
pop_ref = [cite web |url=http://www.benediktbeuern.de/dasat/index.php3?cid=100182&sid=dasat45cc280041a2c0x26885700x1171007488&conid= |title= General municipal data |work = Official web site |language=German |accessdate=2007-05-21]
PLZ = 83671
Vorwahl = 08857
Kfz = TÖL
Gemeindeschlüssel = 091 73 113
Straße = Prälatenstr. 7
Website = [http://www.benediktbeuern.de/ benediktbeuern.de]
Bürgermeister = Georg Rauchenberger
Bürgermeistertitel =
Partei =Benediktbeuern is a municipality in the district of
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen inBavaria ,Germany . The distance betweenBichl and Benediktbeuern is only 2 kilometers, or 1.25 miles. The village has about 3,500 residents as of 2004.Benediktbeuern has a famous monastery, formerly belonging to the
Benedictine Order , calledBenediktbeuern Abbey , which is well known because of theCarmina Burana and was founded in about 739. Since 1930 theSalesians of Don Bosco live in this monastery.Goethe visited Benediktbeuern during his third journey toItaly in 1786.Benediktbeuern has kept the structure of a traditional village near the
Alps . It is possible to visit many places of interest from there in day-trips, and therefore it is a tourist resort. Many people commute toPenzberg ,Wolfratshausen /Geretsried andMunich .Important traffic routes are the motorway from
Munich toGarmisch-Partenkirchen and the state route 471 from east to west. Important public transport routes are the railway station of Benediktbeuern, where the train runs fromKochel toMunich in one hour, and the bus toBad Tölz .External links
*de icon [http://www.benediktbeuern.de/ www.benediktbeuern.de Village Website]
*de icon [http://www.kloster-benediktbeuern.de/ www.kloster-benediktbeuern.de Monastery Website]References
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