Ruhpolding

Ruhpolding
Ruhpolding
	Ruhpolding in late-July 2005
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ruhpolding within Traunstein district
	Ruhpolding Ruhpolding
	Coordinates: 47°46′N 12°39′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberbayern
District	Traunstein
Subdivisions	55 localities
Government
• Mayor	Claus Pichler (SPD)
Area
• Total	147.83 km2 (57.08 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,961 m (6,434 ft)
Lowest elevation	625 m (2,051 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	7,065
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	83324
Dialling codes	08663
Vehicle registration	TS
Website	www.ruhpolding-rathaus.de

Ruhpolding is a municipality of the Traunstein district in southeastern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the south of the Chiemgau region in the Alps and next to the Austrian border.

Ruhpolding has a biathlon track. It hosted the 1979, 1985, 1996 and 2012 Biathlon World Championships.

The economy is based on tourism and sports. In the year 2007 the Mountainbike 24h Race World Championships took place in the Chiemgau Arena. Other sports which are possible for tourists and residents are golf, mountainbiking, shooting, hiking, fly fishing and skiing.

History

The name "Ruhpolding" originates from the Bavarian word Rupoltingin and means "the people of the strong famous one". The town is mentioned as Ruhpoldingen for the first time in 1193.

It was connected to the railway in 1895. Since 1948, Ruhpolding became a famous spa and tourist resort, especially for winter sports. The accommodation figures were 600,000 overnight stays per year in the mid 1950s and increased to 1,122,732 overnight stays per year in 1991.

People

Ferdinand Max Bredt German Orientalist painter.
Andreas Wellinger, Olympic champion in ski jumping
Georg von Hertling, the German Chancellor from 1917 to 1918, died here
Vanessa Hinz, German biathlete
Wolfgang Pichler, Biathlon Coach

References

"Tabellenblatt "Daten 2", Statistischer Bericht A1200C 202041 Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2020.

External links

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Village of Ruhpolding

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[1] "Tabellenblatt "Daten 2", Statistischer Bericht A1200C 202041 Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2020.