Durach
Durach is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. The village came into international media attention in August 2008 when a light aircraft hit power lines in its vicinity and the pilot and passenger, who had survived inside the plane dangling on high-tension power cables, were rescued in front of cameras.
- Type: Locality with 6,920 residents
- Description: municipality in the district of Oberallgäu, Bavaria, Germany
- Also known as: “09780120”, “Durax”, and “Дурач”
- Neighbors: Kempten
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kempten Hauptbahnhof and Sulzberger-See.
Kempten Hauptbahnhof
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kempten and Waltenhofen.
Waltenhofen
Village
Durach
Latitude
47.7° or 47° 42′ north
Longitude
10.35° or 10° 21′ east
Population
6,920
Elevation
715 metres (2,346 feet)
Open location code
8FVGM8XX+XX
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Waray—“Durach” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Դուրախ”
- Basque: “Durach”
- Catalan: “Durach”
- Cebuano: “Durach (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Durach”
- Chechen: “Дурах”
- Chinese: “杜拉赫”
- Dutch: “Durach”
- Esperanto: “Durach”
- French: “Durach”
- German: “Durach”
- Hungarian: “Durach”
- Indonesian: “Durach”
- Irish: “Durach”
- Italian: “Durach”
- Kazakh: “Dwrax”
- Kazakh: “Дурах”
- Kazakh: “دۋراح”
- Kirghiz: “Дурах”
- Kurdish: “Durach”
- Ladin: “Durach”
- Lombard: “Durach”
- Malay: “Durach”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Durach”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Durach”
- Persian: “دوراخ”
- Polish: “Durach”
- Portuguese: “Durach”
- Romanian: “Durach”
- Russian: “Дурах”
- Serbian: “Durah”
- Serbian: “Дурах”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Durach”
- Silesian: “Durach”
- Somali: “Durach”
- Spanish: “Durach”
- Swedish: “Durach, Bayern”
- Swedish: “Durach”
- Swiss German: “Durach”
- Tatar: “Дурах”
- Turkish: “Durach”
- Ukrainian: “Дурах”
- Uzbek: “Durach”
- Vietnamese: “Durach”
- Volapük: “Durach”
- Waray (Philippines): “Durach”
- “Durach”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Durach and Bechen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Durach and Kempten-Durach airfield.
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