Piding | |
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 Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Piding within Berchtesgadener Land district  | |
 Location of Piding | |
  Piding  Piding | |
| Coordinates:47°46′N12°55′E / 47.767°N 12.917°E /47.767; 12.917 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Oberbayern |
| District | Berchtesgadener Land |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–26) | Hannes Holzner[1] (CSU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.55 km2 (6.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 455 m (1,493 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 5,464 |
| • Density | 311.3/km2 (806.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 83448–83451 |
| Dialling codes | 08651 |
| Vehicle registration | BGL |
| Website | www.piding.de |
Piding is an approved climatic spa inBavaria near to the border ofAustria close toBad Reichenhall andFreilassing.
Piding is located in the middle of theLandkreisBerchtesgadener Land.
The municipal area corresponds to a natural expanse: It is bounded by the mountainsHochstaufen (1771 m) andFuderheuberg (1.350 m) in the South, by the riverSaalach in the East and by the hill Högl in the North-West. In the North-East, the Saalach shapes the borderline toSalzburg (Austria).
The districts are Piding, Kleinhögl, Bichlbruck, Urwies, Mauthausen, Staufenbrücke and Pidingerau.
Immediate neighbours are the townBad Reichenhall and the municipalitiesAinring andAnger.
Archaeological troves show that the region was already populated in the New Stone Age (about 2800 BC). During the construction of the (former) ski-lift at the Fuderheuberg in 1970, copper bars from the Bronze Age were found.
The Catholic parishMaria Geburt (birth of Mary) is responsible for these churches:
1790: 635 inhabitants; 1910: 864; 1946: 1,540; 1985: 3,996; 2000: 5,093; 2002: 5,257.
The municipal coat of arms from 1962 refers to the former relations to the arch-monastery and chapterSalzburg (black lion's head) and to theHöglwörth Abbey (cross-over silver keys).
Elections in 2014
First (governing) mayor is Hannes Holzner (CSU), second mayor Walter Pfannerstill (FWG) and third mayor Dr Bernhard Zimmer (Grüne).
Next to Piding is the last exit of the motorwayA 8 (Munich-Salzburg) in front of the border to Austria. The federal road B 20 (Berchtesgaden-Oberpfalz) is tangent to Piding. Piding has its own railway station on the Freilassing-Berchtesgaden railway line.
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