Oberhaching is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany, with 13,638 inhabitants (2020) on an area of 26.6 km2. It is located 15 km south of Munich city centre and has a 1,250 year history.

Architecture

The most important buildings are the originally Romanesque church St Stephan in the centre of Oberhaching, the Gothic church Mariae Geburt in Oberbiberg, the Baroque church Holy Cross in Kreuzpullach and the Renaissance Wittelsbach mansion in Laufzorn. The small palace was built by Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria and later served as a residence for his nephew Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, Duke of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg.

Sports

Oberhaching is home to the basketball team TSV Oberhaching Tropics who play in Germany's ProB league. The Paraguay national football team was stationed in Oberhaching during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Transport

Oberhaching has its own motorway exit on the A 995, which connects the motorway junction Munich-South (and thus the A 99 and the A 8) with the Munich district of Obergiesing and the Mittlerer Ring. The M 11 connects Oberhaching with Grünwald, located 4 km away. In addition, Oberhaching is connected via the Lanzenhaarer Straße with the Bundesstraße 13, which is almost 350 km long and leads from Würzburg via Ingolstadt and Munich to the shore of the Sylvensteinsee (near the border with Austria). At Deisenhofen station (located in the service area of the Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund (Munich Transport and Tariff Association, MVV)) on the Munich–Holzkirchen railway line and Munich East–Deisenhofen railway line, the RB 58 of the Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB) and the S3 line of the S-Bahn Munich stop. Another stop of the S3 is located in the district of Furth near the Bayerische Landessportschule (Bavarian State Sports School).

Notable people