Holzkirchen, Upper Bavaria


Holzkirchen is a market town in Bavaria, Germany. With a population of over 16,000 it is the largest town in the Miesbach district.
Holzkirchen is located on the Alpenvorland in the county of Miesbach. It was established as a Markt in the 13th century.
Holzkirchen was the location of one of the main transmitting stations for Radio Free Europe. Transmissions started in 1951 and provided the people of Eastern Europe with news from Western Europe. The transmitters had a strength of up to 250 Kilowatts.
There were claims that the high-powered transmissions caused illnesses locally. There were also claims that it was so strong that locals could hear the radio programmes through their faucets. Subsequent to the relocation of RFE studios from Munich to Prague, the medium wave transmitter was shut down in 2001, following which the short wave transmissions continued on reduced power. The final transmissions were made in 2005, after which the transmission equipment was packed up to be sent to the Philippines and the masts were scrapped.
Nowadays Holzkirchen is well known as a location for pharmaceutical research and production. The European center of Sandoz and HEXAL are located in the industrial zone.

Public Transport

Trains

The traffic hub Holzkirchen has with the railway line Munich–Holzkirchen and the railway line Munich East–Deisenhofen a good connection to Munich. The :de:Bahnstrecke_Holzkirchen–Lenggries|Railway Line Holzkirchen–Lenggries and the connection towards Schliersee are operated once an hour by the Bayerischen Oberlandbahn and give direct connections to Tegernsee, Lenggries und Bayrischzell. On the railway line called Mangfallbahn to Rosenheim, services have been operated once an hour since December 2013 by the company called 'Meridian', which is a subsidiary of Transdev Germany via Bad Aibling. Mondays to Fridays Meridian operates nine services, which connect Rosenheim and Munich Central Station via Holzkirchen.
S-Bahn

Buses

The following routes of the Oberbayernbus and the MVV Buses stop at the station or at the Zentraler Omnibus-Bahnhof.
LineOperatorRoute
9001OberbayernbusHolzkirchen local traffic, Lines 1–6
9553OberbayernbusHolzkirchen – Sachsenkam – Schaftlach – Waakirchen – Reichersbeuern – Bad Tölz – Obergries – Lenggries
9561OberbayernbusHolzkirchen – Valley – Weyarn – Miesbach – Hausham – Schliersee
9566OberbayernbusHolzkirchen – Warngau – Gmund am Tegernsee – Tegernsee
9567OberbayernbusHolzkirchen – Warngau – Miesbach
9568OberbayernbusHolzkirchen – Otterfing – Dietramszell – Bad Tölz

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