Grünwald, Bavaria

{{Infobox German location

|name = Grünwald

|image_coa = DEU Grünwald COA.svg

|image_photo = Burg Gruenwald.jpg

|image_caption = Grünwald castle in the Isar valley

|coordinates = {{coord|48|2|N|11|31|E|region:DE-BY_type:city(11,300)|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Grünwald in M.svg

|state = Bavaria

|region = Oberbayern

|district = Munich

|elevation = 581

|area = 7.63

|postal_code = 82031

|area_code = 089

|licence = M

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 84 122

|website = {{url|https://www.gemeinde-gruenwald.de/}}

|mayor = Jan Neusiedl[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.

|leader_term = 2020–26

|party = CSU

}}

Grünwald (German for green forest) is a municipality in the district of Munich, in the state of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the Isar, 12 km southwest of Munich (centre). {{As of|2020|12|31}} it had a population of 11,303.

Grünwald is best known for medieval Grünwald Castle (Burg Grünwald), the Bavaria Film Studios (one of Europe's biggest and most famous movie production studios), and as a domicile for many prominent and rich people (Grünwald is the wealthiest municipality in Germany). The castle today houses a branch of the Bavarian Archaeological Museum.

For the 1972 Summer Olympics, the municipality hosted the individual road race cycling event. A nearly {{convert|23|km|mi|abbr=on}} circuit to be traversed eight times was used.[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s1pt1.pdf 1972 Summer Olympics official report.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919203420/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s1pt1.pdf |date=2011-09-19 }} Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 108, 122.