Trostberg

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Trostberg

Total population

7,000

Air quality index

40Good

Elevation493 m

Land area51.55 km²

Coordinates48.03°, 12.55°

Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Trostberg is a town in the district of Traunstein, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Alz, 19 km northwest of Traunstein. As with other 'old towns' in the region, it is a popular local tourist spot.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg

German princess (1619–1680)

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Adam Lorenz von Toerring-Stein

Roman Catholic bishop (1614-1666)

Thomas Huber

deutscher Bergsteiger

Anne Urbauer

German journalist

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Lorenz Fehenberger

German opera singer (1912–1984)

Johann Bonaventura von Rauch

German military personnel

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János Lajos Haidenreich

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Christian Krettek

German physician and surgeon

Francis Karl Alter

Austrian linguist

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Franz Mußner

German theologian (1916–2016)

Georg von Oettl

German coadjutor bishop and priest (1794-1866)

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Judith Steinbacher

German graphic designer

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Siegfried Klika

German politician

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Steffen Detterbeck

German jurist and judge

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Albert von Toerring-Stein

Bishop of Regensburg

Gunnar B. Stickler

German American pediatrician (1925-2010)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bayern

• Altenmarkt an der Alz
  1.9 mi away · pop. 4,200
• Unterholzen
  2 mi away
• Rampertskirchen
  3.3 mi away
• Schächen
  3.6 mi away
• Schachen
  3.9 mi away
• Dirnreit
  7.8 mi away
• Seppenberg
  8.3 mi away
• Sandgrub
  8.6 mi away
• Grassach
  8.9 mi away
• Ramsdorf
  9.4 mi away
• Seeleiten
  11.6 mi away
• Putz
  11.9 mi away

Browse all places in Bayern →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Trostberg

Damit in Bayern Frühling werde! Die syndikalistische Arbeiterbewegung in Südbayern von 1914 bis 1933

Helge Döhring · 2007

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

White-letter Hairstreak

Satyrium w-album

Seen 2026-06-17

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-06-17

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Seen 2026-06-15

bladder campion

Silene vulgaris

Seen 2026-06-14

Common Mallow

Malva sylvestris

Seen 2026-06-14

annual fleabane

Erigeron annuus

Seen 2026-06-14

orange hawkweed

Pilosella aurantiaca

Seen 2026-06-14

Greater Knapweed

Centaurea scabiosa

Seen 2026-06-13

European Globeflower

Trollius europaeus

Seen 2026-06-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Trostberg, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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