What is Traunstein?
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{About||the town in Lower Austria|Traunstein, Austria|the district|Traunstein (district)}} {{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_coa = Wappen Traunstein.svg |image_photo = Traunstein 032.JPG |image_caption = Market square |coordinates = {{coord|47|52|N|12|38|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Traunstein in TS.svg |state = Bayern |region = Oberbayern |district = Traunstein |elevation = 591 |area = 48.53 |postal_code = 83278 |area_code = 0861 |licence = TS |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 89 155 |website = [https://www.traunstein.de/ www.traunstein.de] |mayor = Christian Hümmer<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020&ndash;26 |Bürgermeistertitel = Lord Mayor |party = CSU }} [[File:St. Oswald Kirche Traunstein.JPG|thumb|St. Oswald's Church, Market Square, Traunstein]] [[File:Traunstein - Hochberg Ri S, Tal weiße Traun.JPG|thumb|View south towards the [[Alps]] from the Hochberg, Traunstein]] '''Traunstein''' is a [[Town#Germany|town]] in the south-eastern part of [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]], and is the administrative center of a much larger [[Traunstein (district)|district]] of the same name. ==Geography== The town is at the middle of a region called [[Chiemgau]], about 11&nbsp;km east of [[Chiemsee|Lake Chiemsee]] between [[Munich]] and [[Salzburg]], 15&nbsp;km north of the [[Alps]], and 30&nbsp;km west of [[Salzburg]]. ==Twin towns – sister cities== Traunstein is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Städtepartnerschaften|url=https://www.traunstein.de/stadt-buerger/stadtportrait/partnerstaedte/|website=traunstein.de|publisher=Traunstein|language=de|access-date=2021-02-28|archive-date=2021-04-20|archive-url=https://web.arc