Poing, Bavaria, Germany

🇩🇪 Poing is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg, lying 18 km (11 mi) east of central Munich.

Geography Poing is approximately 20 km (12 mi) NE of Munich and is serviced by the Munich S-Bahn (S2) and MVV Bus systems. Poing has two constituent communities named Angelbrechting and Grub. Poing is bordered on the east by Anzing and Markt Schwaben, Pliening in the North, Kirchheim to the West and Parsdorf to the South.

History It is believed that Poing has been settled for more than 5,000 years. The ending on the community's name suggests a Celtic origin.

Population development Over the last few decades, Poing has developed rapidly from a small village into the second biggest community on the S-Bahn line 2 (S2) area (up to Erding) and into the second biggest community in Ebersberg after Vaterstetten. In 2006, it overtook the once dominant neighboring community of Kirchheim. The sharp rise in population is due to the many new building projects in the northern area of the city, to which no end is yet foreseen. Therefore, even more development projects are expected.

Culture and sightseeing The Wildpark Poing, opened in 1970 and lies to the east of the community. In some parts of the park, visitors can walk through large outdoor enclosures containing various kinds of free roaming animals, which the public may feed.

Transport Poing is serviced by the Munich S-Bahn network (S2) (Erding-Petershausen). There are two S-Bahn stops of the Munich S-Bahn. One in Poing, the other in Grub.

Highway connections include Autobahn A 94 (Munich-Passau) from Parsdorf/Poing, and from Hohenlinden Bundesstraße B 12 (towards Passau).

FTO (Flughafen-Tangente-Ost, Airport Connector Road - St2580), connects the A 94 with the airport. It is located east of the community, and opened for traffic on Sep. 9 2009. FTO provides a direct north-south connection from the A94 to the Airport, improving Poing's connections with Erding, Munich and the airport.

Businesses The biggest business in town is the firm Canon Production Printing. The Poing plant, with roughly 1,500 workers, produces printers. Moreover, the following firms are to be found: • Avnet EM (Logistics, Silica, Time, Memec, EBV, ALS, Avnet Abacus) • BayWa (hardware and garden store) • Edeka • Best Secret GmbH / Schustermann & Borenstein GmbH • Stahlgruber, car replacement parts and accessories, founded in 1923 • Oehms Classics • Fellow Consulting AG