Kaufering, Bavaria, Germany

🇩🇪 Kaufering is a municipality in the district of Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the river Lech.

During World War II, a subcamp of Dachau concentration camp was located there.

Economy Due to the good transport connections to Munich and Augsburg, Kaufering has developed into a strong commuter residence. To a lesser extent, however, the market is also the target of commuters, mainly employees of the largest employer and trade tax payer, the German headquarters of Hilti AG. In addition, Kaufering is the seat of some medium-sized machinery and apparatus construction companies.

Resident companies • Hilti with more than 2000 employees.

Sport: Red Hocks Kaufering The Red Hocks Kaufering is the floorball team of Kaufering. The men play in the German floorball Bundesliga.

Sport: Vfl Kaufering The Vfl Kaufering is the largest club in the market. It was founded in 1948. The 1. Men's team has been playing in the Landesliga Süd-West under coach Benjamin Enthart since the 2022/23 season.

Transport: Rail The double-track, electrified railway line Munich-Buchloe leads through Kaufering, from which the single-track branch lines branch off to Bobingen and Landsberg am Lech. The station of the village was opened in 1872 by the Royal Bavarian State Railways as a transit station on the Buchloe-Kaufering-Landsberg railway line. A year later, the Munich-Kaufering section was put into operation, so that the station became a separation station. With the opening of the line to Bobingen in 1877, it finally became a railway junction in its present form.

Transport: Bus The Landsberger Verkehrsgemeinschaft operates the local bus line 92 in Kaufering. The use has been since 12. December 2021 free of charge. The operating costs of approx. The municipality wants to take over €20,000.