What is Petting, Bavaria?
{{Infobox German location |name = Petting |image_coa = DEU Petting COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|47|55|N|12|49|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Petting in TS.svg |image_photo = Petting.jpg |image_caption = Petting as viewed from South |state = Bayern |region = Oberbayern |district = Traunstein |elevation = 451 |area = 29.93 |postal_code = 83367, 83419 |area_code = 08686 |licence = TS |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 89 135 |divisions = Hauptorte: Petting, Ringham, Schönram, Kühnhausen |website = [http://www.gemeinde-petting.de/ www.gemeinde-petting.de] |mayor = Karl Lanzinger<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 |party = CSU }} '''Petting''' is a [[village]] near [[Traunstein]], in [[Bavaria]]. It is next to the [[Waginger See]], Lake Waging. The village was built on what was once an [[island]], during the last [[Ice Age]]. The island was known as safe, and secure, and was inhabited even at that time. According to the records, the place name means ''place where there is water, at times''. There used to be a [[church]] in the village, around 800 AD. Unfortunately, this church was destroyed by the [[Hungary|Hungarians]] around the year 900. There had been a [[castle]] in what was then the churchyard; the owners of the castle can be traced back to the 6th century. It is believed that Petting had already existed during the time of the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], with the same name. The part of the village called ''Ringham'' can be traced to 788 AD, when it's mentioned by a [[chronicle]] of the [[bishop]] of [[Salzburg]]. In 1970, about 1,700 people lived in Petting; in 2000 they were about 2,200. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www