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Großkarolinenfeld

Großkarolinenfeld
Coat of arms of Großkarolinenfeld
Coat of arms
Großkarolinenfeld   is located in Germany
Großkarolinenfeld
Großkarolinenfeld
Coordinates: 47°53′27″N 12°4′47″E / 47.89083°N 12.07972°E / 47.89083; 12.07972Coordinates: 47°53′27″N 12°4′47″E / 47.89083°N 12.07972°E / 47.89083; 12.07972
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Oberbayern
District Rosenheim
Government
 • Mayor Bernd Fessler (CSU/PLW (Free Voters)/SPD)
Area
 • Total 29.73 km2 (11.48 sq mi)
Elevation 467 m (1,532 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 7,306
 • Density 250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 83109
Dialling codes 08031
Vehicle registration RO
Website www.grosskarolinenfeld.de

Großkarolinenfeld (spelled with the German ß) is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany.

It is located at the Munich–Rosenheim railway. The station Großkarolinenfeld is served about once per hour by local trains.

There are 41 official districts of Großkarolinenfeld. The larger ones are Großkarolinenfeld itself, Jarezöd (also known as Dred), Hilperting, Tattenhausen and Thann, the smaller ones are mostly farmsteads, namely Alsterloh, Ametsbichl, Aschach, Auberg, Bach, Bichl, Buchrain, Deutlstätt, Ester, Filzen, Frauenholz, Gröben, Gutmart, Haslau, Hohenaich, Hub, Kirchsteig, Kolberg, Krabichl, Lehen, Linden, Mühlbach, Naglstätt, Öd, Ödenhub, Petzenbichl, Rann, Ried, Riedhof, Rott, Schlimmerstätt, Schwaig, Stolz, Thonbichl, Vogl, and Zweckstätt.

In 1802, the Catholic Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his Protestant wife Caroline of Baden decreed that people from the Electoral Palatinate may settle down in some places at the Old Bavarian Donaumoos. One of these places was the new municipality of Großkarolinenfeld. In 1882, the first Protestant church in Altbayern war erected here.


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