Pöcking

Municipality in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Pöcking within Starnberg district

(2020–26) Rainer Schnitzler^[1]Area

• Total20.96 km² (8.09 sq mi)Elevation

672 m (2,205 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total5,641 • Density270/km² (700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

82343

Dialling codes08157 and 08151Vehicle registrationSTAWebsitewww.poecking.de

Pöcking is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany. It is best known for being the location of Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria's childhood summer home, Possenhofen Castle.

Transport

The district has a railway station, Possenhofen, that is served by the Munich S-Bahn.

Notable people

Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria
Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Archduchess Adelheid of Austria
Princess Alexandrine of Prussia
Otto von Habsburg, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary
Leni Riefenstahl

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pöcking.

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).