Penzberg

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Penzberg is a Bavarian town in southern Germany known for its historical coal mining industry and its modern role as a center for biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

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Penzberg canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
areaCode 08856
country Germany
countrySubdivision Bavaria
distanceTo about 50 km south of Munich
elevationRange about 600 m above sea level
governmentType municipal council
hasCoatOfArms Coat of arms of Penzberg
hasEconomicSector biotechnology
pharmaceutical industry
hasEmployer Roche Diagnostics GmbH
linked to: Roche Diagnostics
hasHistoricalEvent closure of coal mine in the 1960s
hasHistoricalIndustry coal mining
hasIndustrialSiteOf Roche Diagnostics
hasMayor Stefan Korpan
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.penzberg.de/
hasPopulationRange between 15,000 and 20,000 inhabitants
hasRailwayStation Penzberg station
hasSettlementType Stadt
historicalActivity coal mining until the 20th century
knownFor biotechnology
historical coal mining industry
pharmaceuticals
languageUsed German
localDialect Bavarian German
locatedIn Alpine foreland
Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Weilheim-Schongau district
locatedInRegion southern Germany
locatedNear Munich
locatedOnRiver Loisach
mayorParty CSU
partOf Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: Germany
postalCode 82377
railwayLine Kochelsee line
state Free State of Bavaria
linked to: Bavaria
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
transitionedEconomicBaseFrom coal mining
transitionedEconomicBaseTo biotechnology and pharmaceuticals
vehicleRegistrationCode WM

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Offenburg twinTown Penzberg
Ahlen hasTwinTown Penzberg
Bad Heilbrunn locatedNear Penzberg
Offenburg twinTown Penzberg