Marktl

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Marktl, or often called Marktl am Inn ("Little Market on the Inn River"), is a village and historic market municipality in the state of Bavaria, Germany, near the Austrian border, in the Altötting district of Upper Bavaria. The most notable neighbouring town is Altötting. The town has approximately 2,700 inhabitants.

Marktl is the birthplace of the current Pope Benedict XVI (formerly Cardinal Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who succeeded Pope John Paul II as the 265th head of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Coordinates:   48°15'17"N   12°50'47"E
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