Geretsried: Post-War Settlement South of Munich in the Isar Valley
Like Waldkraiburg, Geretsried is a town that scarcely existed before 1945. Sudeten German and Silesian expellees settled on the site of a former munitions factory in the Isar valley after the war, and the population grew rapidly. Today about 23,350 people live here in the Bad Toelz-Wolfratshausen district of Bayern. The town received official town status only in 1970. Geretsried's architectural character reflects its postwar origins, with functional housing blocks and industrial buildings rather than a historic centre.
Wolfratshausen lies directly to the east. Bad Toelz is roughly 20 kilometres south. Munich is about 35 kilometres north, connected by S-Bahn from Wolfratshausen. The Isar valley here is broad and flat, with the Alps visible to the south. Several industrial firms, including in optics and chemical manufacturing, established early in Geretsried and continue to employ locally.
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Like Waldkraiburg, Geretsried is a town that scarcely existed before 1945. Sudeten German and Silesian expellees settled on the site of a former munitions factory in the Isar valley after the war, and the population grew rapidly. Today about 23,350 people live here in the Bad Toelz-Wolfratshausen district of Bayern. The town received official town status only in 1970. Geretsried's architectural character reflects its postwar origins, with functional housing blocks and industrial buildings rather than a historic centre.
Wolfratshausen lies directly to the east. Bad Toelz is roughly 20 kilometres south. Munich is about 35 kilometres north, connected by S-Bahn from Wolfratshausen. The Isar valley here is broad and flat, with the Alps visible to the south. Several industrial firms, including in optics and chemical manufacturing, established early in Geretsried and continue to employ locally.
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