Ruhpolding

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Ruhpolding
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Bavaria
District	Traunstein
Local subdivisions	55 localities
Mayor	Andreas Hallweger (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area	147.83 km² (57.1 sq mi)
Elevation	625-1,961 m
Population	6,319 (30/06/2005)
- Density	43 /km² (111 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	TS
Postal code	83324
Area code	08663
Website	www.ruhpolding.de Coordinates: 47°46′0″N 12°39′0″E / 47.76667, 12.65

Ruhpolding is a municipality of the Traunstein district in southeastern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the south of the Chiemgau region in the Alps. Ruhpolding has a population of approximately 6,400.

Ruhpolding houses a famous biathlon track. It hosted the 1979, 1985 and 1996 Biathlon World Championships.

The economy is based on tourism and sports. In the year 2007 the Mountainbike 24h Race World Championships took place in the Chiemgau Arena. Other sports which are possible for tourists and residents are golf, skiing, mountainbiking, shooting, hiking, fly fishing and skiing.

[edit] Brief history

1193: officially mentioned as "Ruhpoldingen" for the first time.
1895: connection to the railroad.
Since 1948: Ruhpolding became a famous spa and tourist resort, especially for winter sports.
The name "Ruhpolding" originates from the bajuvarian word "Rupoltingin" and means " the people of the strong famous one".
The accommodation figures were 600.000 overnight stays per year in the mid 1950's and increased to 1.122.732 overnight stays per year in 1991.