# Miesbach (district)

Miesbach (German: ) is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Munich and Rosenheim, and by the Austrian state of Tyrol.

## History

In medieval times, most of the district was occupied by clerical states. The Miesbach district today is the union of the areas that were formerly occupied by the Hohenwaldeck county, the territories owned by the powerful Tegernsee Abbey, the territories owned by the Weyarn Abbey and Valley County. Hohenwaldeck was annexed by Bavaria in 1734, Valley in 1777. The clerical states were dissolved in 1803 and fell to Bavaria as well. Miesbach was established in 1803: the foundation ceremony took place in the court district of Hohenwaldeck. In 1818 Tegernsee was established. The same year the Aibling district was established too and Miesbach had to deliver 12 municipalities. In 1939 Tegernsee was merged into Miesbach. During the territorial reform in Bavaria in 1972 Otterfing was merged into Miesbach too and the district Wolfratshausen as well.

## Geography

The southern half of the district is located in the Bavarian Alps. This section of the Alps is called Mangfall Mountains (Mangfallgebirge) as the River Mangfall has its source here. The most important peaks are Rotwand ("Red Wall", 1,884 m), the highest mountain in the area, and Wendelstein (1,838 m) .
The river Mangfall, a short but broad affluent of the river Inn, flows northward with the district's municipalities on either bank. In the initial part of its course it runs through Tegernsee Lake (9 km$^2$).

## Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:
* a red eagle and two crossed staves, symbolising the county of Hohenwaldeck
* two water lily leaves above a wavy line, the ancient arms of the monastery of Tegernsee

## Government

| Charge | Name | Years in office |
| District Minister | Franz Xaver Steyrer Max Graf von Preysing Joseph Wiesend Wolfgang Knorr Alois Schmid Carl Bollweg | 1803–1806 1806–1813 1813–1846 1846–1848 1848–1851 1851–1862, 1874 |
| Joint President | Carl Bollweg Ludwig Mayr Uhl Carl Riezler Bernhard de Rudder Hermann Kopp | 1851, 1862–1874 1874–1888 1888–1890 1890–1911 1911–1929 1929–1938, 1943 |
| District Administrator | Kemnitzer | 1943–1944 |
| District Administrator | Dr. Frick | 1944–1945 |
| District Administrator | Dr. von Wehner | May 10, 1945 – August 1, 1945 |
| District Administrator | Schindler | August 1, 1945 – May 10, 1946 |
| District Administrator | Friedrich Roith | May 11, 1946 – May 27, 1946 |
| District Administrator | Freiherr von Schoen | May 28, 1946 – June 11, 1946 |
| District Administrator | Friedrich Roith | June 11, 1946 – September 25, 1946 |
| District Administrator | Dr. Süß | September 26, 1946 – May 31, 1948 |
| District Administrator | Meissner | June 5, 1948 – December 14, 1948 |
| District Administrator | Dr. Simon Beck | 1949–1951 |
| District Administrator | Anton Bauer | 1952–1955 |
| District Administrator | Dr. Walter Königsdorfer | 1955–1972 |
| District Administrator | Wolfgang Gröbl | 1972–1987 |
| District Administrator | Norbert Kerkel | 1987–2008 |
| District Administrator | Jakob Kreidl | 2008–2014 |
| District Administrator | Wolfgang Rzehak | 2014–2020 |
| District Administrator | Olaf von Löwis of Menar | since 2020 |

## Towns and municipalities

| Towns | Municipalities | |
| Miesbach Tegernsee | Bad Wiessee Bayrischzell Fischbachau Gmund am Tegernsee Hausham Holzkirchen Irschenberg | Kreuth Otterfing Rottach-Egern Schliersee Valley Waakirchen Warngau Weyarn |