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| Unterhaching - Germany Based upon the discovery of graves, the settlement of the Haching Valley can be traced back to as far as 1100 B.C. The settlement of the Bavarian tribes is believed to have occurred between the fifth and eighth centuries. Up until the 1803 secularization the surrounding monasteries were the primary landowners in the area. Also derived from this is the municipal coat of arms, which today shows the abbott staff of the Schäftlarn monastery and the sea-rose sheet from the coat of arms of the monastery Tegernsee. Unterhaching began the 20th Century as purely a farming village. The number of inhabitants exploded from 616 inhabitants in 1900 to 20,545 in 2000. In 1955 Unterhaching split from Ottobrunn and became an independent municipality. In 1968 the building of two new large housing estates began, "Grünau" and Fasanenparks, which began the development of the City into a modern housing development. Unterhaching is the base for Develey, a manufacturer of mustards and other fine foods, in addition to being the head quarters for chewing gum manufacturer Wrigley. The company Anton Schrobenhauser became one of the largest building contractors in Munich and the surrounding areas. Early 2004 saw the beginning of the drilling work in Unterhaching for a geothermal power power plant - at present the largest geothermal drilling operation in Germany. The plant is to produce 3.1 of electricity and 16 MW of heat. Its current twinning partners:
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