Editing Piding

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{{Infobox German location
|image_coa            = DEU Piding COA.svg
|image_photo   = Mariä-Geburt Piding-Dorf.jpg
|image_caption  = Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary
|coordinates       = {{coord|47|46|N|12|55|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Piding_in_BGL.png
|state        = Bayern
|region  = Oberbayern
|district         = Berchtesgadener Land
|elevation              = 455
|area            = 17.55
|postal_code               = 83448–83451
|area_code           = 08651
|licence               = BGL
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 72 128
|website           = [http://www.piding.de/ www.piding.de]
|mayor             = Hannes Holzner<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], accessed 19 July 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;26
|party             = CSU
}}
'''Piding''' is an approved climatic spa in [[Bavaria]] near to the border of [[Austria]] close to [[Bad Reichenhall]] and [[Freilassing]].

==Geography==

===Geographical position===
Piding is located in the middle of the ''Landkreis'' [[Berchtesgadener Land]].

The municipal area corresponds to a natural expanse: It is bounded by the mountains [[Hochstaufen]] (1771 m) and [[Fuderheuberg]] (1.350 m) in the South, by the river [[Saalach]] in the East and by the hill Högl in the North-West. In the North-East the Saalach shapes the borderline to [[Salzburg (state)|Salzburg]] (Austria).

===Districts and Neighbours===
The districts are Piding, Kleinhögl, Bichlbruck, Urwies, Mauthausen, Staufenbrücke and Pidingerau.

Immediate neighbours are the town [[Bad Reichenhall]] and the municipalities [[Ainring]] and [[Anger (Berchtesgadener Land)|Anger]].

==History==
Archaeological troves shows, that the region was already populated in the New Stone Age (about 2800 BC). During the construction of the (former) ski-lift at the Fuderheuberg in 1970 copper bars from the Bronze Age were found.

===Religions===
The Catholic parish ''Maria Geburt'' (birth of Mary) is responsible for this churches:
* parish church  Maria Geburt (Piding)
* St. Laurentius (Mauthausen)
* St. Johannes at Johannishögl (no regular masses)

===Development of population===
1790: 635 inhabitants; 1910: 864; 1946: 1,540; 1985: 3,996; 2000: 5,093; 2002: 5,257.

===Coat of arms===
The municipal coat of arms from 1962 refers to the former relations to arch-monastery and chapter [[Salzburg]] (black lion's head) and to the [[Höglwörth Abbey]] (cross-over silver keys).

==Politics==

===Municipal council===
Elections in 2014
* CSU: 9 seats
* Free voters: 6 seats
* Alliance 90/The Greens: 3 seats
* SPD: 2 seats

===Mayor===
First (governing) mayor is Hannes Holzner (CSU), second mayor Walter Pfannerstill (FWG) and third mayor Dr. Bernhard Zimmer (Grüne).

==Culture and sights==

===Music/Tradition===
*Club for the preservation of traditional costumes, "D'Staufenecker"
*Traditional band

===Buildings===
*Schloss Staufeneck

===Sport===
*tennis hall, tennis courts
*{{cvt|50|km}} hiking trails, {{cvt|12|km}} cross-country ski runs (tracked)
*Pidinger Klettersteig (fixed rope route) to the [[Hochstaufen]]
*Football ground

==Economy and infrastructure==

===Traffic===
Next to Piding is the last exit of the motorway [[Bundesautobahn 8|A 8]] (Munich-Salzburg) in front of the border to Austria. The federal road B 20 (Berchtesgaden-Oberpfalz) is tangent to Piding. Piding has its own railway station on the Freilassing-Berchtesgaden railway line.

===Education===
*Primary and secondary school
*Rupertusschule (school for handicapped persons)

==Characters==

===Honorary citizens===
*Max Wieser: former mayor

==Literature==
*Max Wieser: Pidinger Heimatbuch, 1250 Jahre Piding - Verlag Plenk, Berchtesgaden 1985

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.piding.de Official website]
* [http://www.piding.net Tourism website]

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[[Category:Berchtesgadener Land]]