Wolfratshausen

Wolfratshausen is a metropolis of the district of Bad Tolz-Wolfratshausen, placed in Bavaria, Germany. The town had a population of 18,122 as of 31 December 2014. The first mention of "Wolveradeshusun" appears in files from the yr 1003. About a hundred years later, Otto II, the Graf of Deiben-Andechs, constructed a fort on a hill overlooking the valley. The citadel was destroyed on 7 April 1734 while lightning struck the tower storing black powder. Stones from the ruins were transported to Munich in which they were used to build the Residenz. From 1280 the city changed into certain a market town. In the fifteenth century, humans had been the usage of the Loisach and Isar rivers for water transport, specifically logging.

Even today, you can trip a raft from Wolfratshausen into Munich. During World War II, a pressured-exertions subcamp of Dachau concentration camp named Fohrenwald changed into located between Wolfratshausen and Geretsried. Following the warfare, the labor camp become used as a displaced people camp via the Allies. In 1957, Fohrenwald became converted into a suburb of Wolfratshausen and renamed Waldram, to honor the Lord of Munsing who become one of the founders of the Benediktbeuern Abbey.