Marktl

• 13th century – Established as the power base of the Counts of Leonberg.
• 1297 – Construction of the first church dedicated to Saint Oswald within the dioceseofStammham, it was sponsored by Berengar III, Count of Leonberg and was consecrated by Bishop Albert of Chiemsee.
• 1422 – Duke Henry XVI of Bavaria grants market privileges to the town.
• 1477 – Duke Louis the Rich grants a coat of arms to the citizens of Marktl, showing a ship hook and caper measure, as symbols of navigation and trade
• 1577 – Duke Albert V permits that the assignment of a priest to the Marktl branch church
• 1697 – Prince-Elector Max Emanuel arranges the construction of the first bridge across the river Inn at Marktl
• 1701 – Lightning hits the tower of Saint Oswald church, which results in the incineration of the whole market
• 1851 – Marktl, which had been only a subsidiary of the parish of Stammham, becomes an independent parish
• 1857 – Bishop Heinrich von Hofstetter consecrates the newly built parish church of Saint Oswald
• 1871 – Marktl gets a railway station when the railway line from MunichtoSimbach is built
• 1919 – Construction of a protective dam on the Inn River as a safeguard against constant flooding
• 1927 – Completion of the first concrete bridge over the Inn and construction of the "Neue Strasse" (New Street) to bypass the market
• 1965 – Remodel of parish church at Saint Oswald; parish hall is built
• 1970–1972 – The formerly independent municipalities of Marktlberg and Schuetzing are incorporated into Marktl
• 1980 – A mechanical-biological purification plant is built
• 1981–1983 – The Bürgerhaus ("Citizens' House") is built (includes a public library, rooms for events, a skittles alley etc.)
• 1984–1987 – Construction of fire-brigade stations in Marktl and Marktlberg
• 1989 – Connection to Autobahn A 94
• 1996 – Redesign of the market square
• 2000 – Redesign of the square in front of the railway station
• 2005 – Election of Pope Benedict XVI and bottling of commemorative "Papstbier" (Pope bier) by local brewer Weideneder for sale to the public
• 2006 – Visit of Pope Benedict XVI.^[3]

Marktl's coat of arms features a ship's hook and caper measure as symbols of navigation and trade, under the blue and white lozenges of the duchy of Bavaria.

Marktl is twinned with:

•   Wadowice, Poland (2006)
•   Gönnheim, Germany
•   Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, Italy (2009)

• Georg Lankensperger (* 1779; † 1847), cartwright
• Paul Devrient (* 1890; † 1973), opera tenor and director
• Hugo Grau (* 1899; † 1984), veterinary
• Pope Benedict XVI (* 1927 as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; † 2022)

• markt-marktl.de Official Homepage
• Marktl am Inn Sleepy Bavarian Village on the World Map.