Uffing
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Uffing am Staffelsee (officially, Uffing a.Staffelsee; Template:Langx) is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. It consists of the two villages of Uffing and Schöffau and is located on Staffelsee, the warmest lake in Germany.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The River Ach flows through Uffing.
Names
The name Uffing derives from the personal name Uffo and the possessive suffix -ing.[1] Other attested historical forms of the name include Vfinga, Uffingen and Üffing.[1]
Transport
The town can be reached by car or by train (Deutsche Bahn). Uffing has its own station on the Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen line. The nearest international airport is Munich International Airport.
Economy
Uffing benefits from several shops including a bakery (Mayer-Nett), pharmacy, supermarket (Edeka), butcher, and Frau Bauer's drugstore.
Culture
The parish church is dedicated to St Agatha (Template:Langx).
Uffing is home to Europe's only gay Schuhplattler group.[2]
The annual Seefest ("Lake Festival"), held in the first week of August (weather permitting), is a celebration of local music, dancing, and customs. The event is usually rounded off with a firework display.
Notable people
- Georg Hans Madelung (1889 in Rostock – 1972 in Uffing), academic and aeronautical engineer
References
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- ↑ a b Wolf-Armin Freiherr von Reitzenstein. Lexikon Bayerischer Ortsnamen: Herkunft und Bedeutung; Oberbayern, Niederbayern, Oberpfalz. Munich, C.H. Beck, 2006. p. 281. Template:ISBN Template:In lang
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