Sünching is a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

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  in Germany

Germany

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. It is located in Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate). It borders in the south to Niederbayern.

Geography

Sünching has two rivers called Laber: the Große Laber

Große Laber

The Große Laber is a river in Bavaria, Germany, right tributary of the Danube. Its source is near Volkenschwand. It is approx. 85 km long. It flows northeast through the small towns Rottenburg an der Laaber, Schierling and Rain. It flows into the Danube near Straubing....

 (Big Laber) and the Kleine Laber

Kleine Laber

Kleine Laber is a river of Bavaria, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Bavaria...

 (Little Laber); both flow to the Danube

Danube

The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

.

Parts of Sünchings community

(information as of August 28, 2002)

• (On the) Hardt (92 people)
• Haidenkofen (123 people)
• Sünching itself (1755 people)
• Ziegelstadel (8 people)

Ziegelstadel is official a part of Sünching.

History

The aristocrats of the Sünchinger are demonstrable from the 12th century till the middle of 14th century. The counts of Seinsheim were from 1573 till 1916 in the palace of Sünching.

Sights

• The palace of Sünching.

The palace of Sünching is an octagonal building, which is very rare in Europe. The house itself is painted green-white and has a big garden where often are weddings or confirmation parties. The court is used as a joiner's workshop.

• Churches

In Sünching is mainly a Catholic church called Saint Johannes. As most of the people are Catholic, there's no Protestant church.

Traffic

Sünching has a railway station on the Regensburg–Passau line

Regensburg–Passau railway

The Regensburg–Passau railway forms a key transport link from Germany to Austria and other southeast European countries and is one of the most important main lines in southern Germany...

which is very important for the people in Sünching and near it.