Peiting
{{Infobox German location
|image_coa = Wappen Peiting.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|47|48|N|10|56|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Peiting in WM.svg
|image_photo = Böbing - Ammerleite - Peiting v SO 03.JPG
|image_caption = Peiting seen from the southeast
|state = Bayern
|region = Upper Bavaria
|district = Weilheim-Schongau
|elevation = 718
|area = 75.14
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09190140
|postal_code = 86971
|area_code = 08861
|licence = WM, SOG
|website = {{url|https://www.peiting.de/}}
|mayor = Peter Ostenrieder[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
}}
Peiting is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Lech, 3 km southeast of Schongau, and 17 km west of Weilheim in Oberbayern.
Transport
The municipality has two railway stations, {{stn|Peiting Nord}} and {{stn|Peiting Ost}}. Both are located on the Schongau–Peißenberg line.
Notable people
- Placidus Braun, Benedictine priest, historian and archivist
- Martin Echtler, ski mountaineer
- Erwin Kreuz, tourist who mistook Bangor, Maine for San Francisco
References
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{{Cities and towns in Weilheim-Schongau (district)}}
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