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Lenggries is a municipality and a village in Bavaria, Germany. It is the center of the Isarwinkel, the region along the Isar between Bad Tölz and Wallgau. The town has about 9,500 inhabitants. By area, it is the largest rural municipality ("Gemeinde") in what was formerly West Germany, and the 7th-largest overall. (All six currently larger Gemeinden are in Brandenburg.)

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German location.image_coa
DEU Lenggries COA.svg
German location.image_photo
SchlossHohenburg.JPG
German location.image_caption
Schloss Hohenburg
German location.image_plan
Lenggries in TÖL.svg
German location.state
Bayern
German location.region
Oberbayern
German location.district
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
German location.elevation
679
German location.area
242.90
German location.postal_code
83661
German location.area_code
08042, 08045 (Fall)
German location.licence
TÖL
German location.divisions
7 Ortsteile
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
09 1 73 135
German location.website
www.lenggries.de
German location.mayor
Stefan Klaffenbacher
German location.leader_term
2020–26
German location.party
FW

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Population
10143
Area
242.90
Elevation
679
Official website
www.lenggries.de
Image
Lenggries GO-1.jpg
Dialing code
08042
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Lenggries
postal code
83661
hashtag
Lenggries
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Lenggries is a municipality and a village in Bavaria, Germany. It is the center of the Isarwinkel, the region along the Isar between Bad Tölz and Wallgau. The town has about 9,500 inhabitants. By area, it is the largest rural municipality ("Gemeinde") in what was formerly West Germany, and the 7th-largest overall. (All six currently larger Gemeinden are in Brandenburg.)

==Etymology== The name Lenggries is derived from Lenngengrieze (long Gries), a long rubble field with deposits of debris from the bed of the Isar.

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