to the surrender of Hans Penzl of the , a Bavarian resistance cell. After the war, the special military hospital for tuberculosis, situated in a former barracks building, was used in 1945 for treating the survivors of the concentration camps by the US Forces. Since many of the casualties were Jewish, a separate Jewish Cemetery was established in Gauting, next to the main cemetery. Politics and Economy Mayor 1st Mayor (Erste Bürgermeisterin) Dr. Brigitte Kössinger (CSU) 2nd Mayor (Zweiter Bürgermeister) Dr. Jürgen Sklarek (SPD) Communal Council UBG = Unabhängige Bürger Gauting FBG = Freie Bürgergemeinschaft Gauting BIG = Bürger in Gauting MiFü = Miteinander Füreinander MfG/Piraten = Menschen für Gauting / Piraten (2002-2014 Piraten) Town Partnerships Clermont-l'Hérault in the Province of Languedoc (France) Patchway in South Gloucestershire (England) Bundesnachrichtendienst The German Federal Intelligence Service Bundesnachrichtendienst operates its electronic intelligence department from Stockdorf. During the cold war, the base was camouflaged as Bundesstelle für Fernmeldestatistik (Federal Institute for Radio Statistics). Buildings Schloss Fußberg, medieval mansion, restructured 1721 and 1894 Frauenkirche, 15th century, restructured in the 18th century Church of St. Benedikt, given as beneficence to Benediktbeuern monastery in the 9th century; was rebuilt in Gothic style (15th century); the present building dates to 1934 and was erected in Nazi style by architect Georg Buchner Villa Zerboni ca. 1905 and many representative houses in the so-called "Kolonie" historicistic or art nouveau style between 1900 and 1914 Villa Junkers, built in 1923 by Bernhard Borst in historistic style, later owned by Hugo Junkers Sports Gauting is home to the Gauting Indians baseball team, which plays in the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga. There is a small skate park in the town with a wooden miniramp. Transport The municipality has two railway stations: and . Both are served by the Munich S-Bahn. Personalities The violinist Julia Fischer lives in Gauting. The prize-winner of the Kurzfilm-Oscars 2001 (Quiero ser), Florian Gallenberger, comes from the district of Stockdorf The Ufa-actress Friedl Haerlin was born on 29 December 1901 in Gauting The aircraft engineer Hugo Junkers died on 3 February 1935 in Gauting The Kanute Ernst Krebs was born on 4 November 1906 in Gauting. He took the gold medal in the kayak-one over 10.000 m at the Olympic Summer Games 1936 In the 1960s, Loriot lived for several years in the Leo-Putz-Haus, before he moved to Lake Starnberg The journalist and Krimiautor Harry Luck lived