Peiting

Municipality in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Peiting within Weilheim-Schongau district

(2020–26) Peter Ostenrieder^[1] (CSU)Area

• Total75.14 km² (29.01 sq mi)Elevation

718 m (2,356 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total11,682 • Density160/km² (400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

86971

Dialling codes08861Vehicle registrationWM, SOGWebsitewww.peiting.de

Peiting is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Lech, 3 km southeast of Schongau, and 17 km west of Weilheim in Oberbayern.

Transport

The municipality has two railway stations, Peiting Nord and Peiting Ost. Both are located on the Schongau–Peißenberg line.

Notable people

Placidus Braun, Benedictine priest, historian and archivist
Martin Echtler, ski mountaineer
Erwin Kreuz, tourist who mistook Bangor, Maine for San Francisco

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).