Puchheim

Puchheim (Central Bavarian: Buachham) is suburb to Munich in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck, in Bavaria, Germany. It has about 20,000 inhabitants.

Puchheim
Town
Saint Joseph Church
Coat of arms
Location of Puchheim within Fürstenfeldbruck district
Puchheim Show map of Germany Puchheim Show map of Bavaria
Coordinates: 48°09′N 11°21′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberbayern
District	Fürstenfeldbruck
Subdivisions	2 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Norbert Seidl[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	12.23 km2 (4.72 sq mi)
Elevation	535 m (1,755 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	21,410
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	82178
Dialling codes	089
Vehicle registration	FFB
Website	www.puchheim.de

Puchheim is divided into two parts: the old and rural part called Puchheim-Ort and the new part of Puchheim (Puchheim-Bahnhof) that was founded when the Munich S-Bahn was built. Before that there was one of the first civil airfields in Bavaria, which was later used as a prisoner of war camp during World War I.^[3] The area around the camp was dried up by workers from the POW camp, so that houses could be built.

The old part of Puchheim is even older than Munich.^{[citation needed]}

Transport

Puchheim is well connected to the regional and national traffic network by S-Bahn (S4) and Autobahn (A 8, A 99).

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Puchheim is twinned with:^[4]

• Attnang-Puchheim, Austria
• Nagykanizsa, Hungary
• Salo, Finland
• Zalakaros, Hungary