Puchheim

Town in Bavaria, Germany

(2020–26) Norbert Seidl^[1] (SPD)Area • Total12.23 km² (4.72 sq mi)Elevation535 m (1,755 ft)Population • Total21,420 • Density1,800/km² (4,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes089Vehicle registrationFFBWebsitewww.puchheim.de

Puchheim (Central Bavarian: Buachham) is suburb to Munich in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck, in Bavaria, Germany. It has about 20,000 inhabitants.

Puchheim is divided into two parts: the old and rural part called Puchheim-Ort and the new part of Puchheim (Puchheim-Bahnhof) that was founded when the Munich S-Bahn was built. Before that there was one of the first civil airfields in Bavaria, which was later used as a prisoner of war camp during World War I.^[3] The area around the camp was dried up by workers from the POW camp, so that houses could be built.

The old part of Puchheim is even older than Munich.^{[citation needed]}

Transport

Puchheim is well connected to the regional and national traffic network by S-Bahn (S4) and Autobahn (A 8, A 99).

Twin towns – sister cities

Puchheim is twinned with:^[4]

• Attnang-Puchheim, Austria
• Nagykanizsa, Hungary
• Salo, Finland
• Zalakaros, Hungary

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