Place:Ruhpolding, Traunstein, Oberbayern, Bayern, Germany

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NameRuhpolding
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates47.75°N 12.65°E
Located inTraunstein, Oberbayern, Bayern, Germany
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Ruhpolding is an inhabited place.


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Ruhpolding is the municipality with the biggest area of the Traunstein district in southeastern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the south of the Chiemgau region in the Alps and next to the Austrian border.

Ruhpolding has a biathlon track. It hosted the 1979, 1985, 1996 and 2012 Biathlon World Championships. It also has a ski jumping hill, Große Zirmbergschanze, where one World Cup event has taken place, in the 1992–93 season.

The economy is based on tourism and sports. In the year 2007 the Mountainbike 24h Race World Championships took place in the Chiemgau Arena. Other sports which are possible for tourists and residents are golf, mountainbiking, shooting, hiking, fly fishing and skiing.

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