Ettal

Ettal, Benedictine abbey in Alpine Bavaria near Oberammergau with a baroque church (St Maria) erected 1710-26 and restored in its present form by J. Schmutzer after a fire in 1744. The Gothic church which it replaced was noteworthy in having been constructed in accordance with the description of the Grail temple in the medieval poem Der jüngere Titurel. The abbey was founded in 1330, dissolved in 1803, and restored to the Order in 1900.

Ettal
Ettal in March 2008
Ettal
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Bavaria
District	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Municipal assoc.	Unterammergau
Mayor	Helmut Königsberger (Freie Wählergem.)
Basic statistics
Area	140.75 km2 (54.34 sq mi)
Elevation	877 m  (2877 ft)
Population	811  (31 December 2006)
- Density	6 /km2 (15 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	GAP
Postal code	82488
Area code	08822
Website	www.ettal.de Coordinates: 47°34′0″N 11°6′0″E / 47.56667°N 11.1°E / 47.56667; 11.1

Ettal is a German town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Division of the town 2 See also 3 External links

Geography

Ettal is situated in the Oberland area in the Graswangtal between the Loisachtal and Ammertal, approx. 10 km north of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the district capital, and approx. 4 km southwest of Oberammergau.

Division of the town

The town consists of 5 districts

• Ettal
• Graswang
• Linderhof
• Dickelschwaig
• Rahm

See also

• Ettal Abbey

External links

• Official site (German)

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bad Bayersoien | Bad Kohlgrub | Eschenlohe | Ettal | Farchant | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Grainau | Großweil | Krün | Mittenwald | Murnau am Staffelsee | Oberammergau | Oberau | Ohlstadt | Riegsee | Saulgrub | Schwaigen | Seehausen am Staffelsee | Spatzenhausen | Uffing | Unterammergau | Wallgau

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