Grafing

Grafing is a city inside the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. The metropolis, founded about 960 as Gisling, belonged to the Munich Rentamt and the Swabian legal district within the Electorate of Bavaria. During the 30 Years' War, Grafing changed into looted and set on fire by way of Swedish troops in 1632. Only the fortress Elkofen, so the legend, turned into not noted via Swedish troops. In the route of administrative reform inside the Bavarian kingdom, the Grafing municipality became set up by way of the royal 1818 network edict. The neighbouring village of Oexing become incorporated into Grafing on 1 August 1933, after the two settlements had grown together over the decades.

Several polls had been held, until the citizens chose to assume the call Grafing. All that nowadays remains to recollect the previously two localities are the 2 parish church buildings, one in Grafing proper and the other one in former Oexing. Grafing moreover changed into domestic to a market court docket with a long way-reaching judicial autonomy. In 1953 the united municipality received town privileges, and with local reform in 1978, the former groups of Elkofen, Nettelkofen and Straubdorf were merged into it.