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Town in Bavaria, Germany
Landau an der Isar
(
Central Bavarian
:
Landa an da Isar
) is the second-largest
town
in the
Lower Bavarian
district, or
Landkreis
, of
Dingolfing-Landau
, in the state of
Bavaria
,
Germany
. It lies on the river
Isar
, 120 km downstream from
Munich
. In 2020, its population was around 14,000.
History
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Landau was founded in 1224 by the
Wittelsbach
Ludwig I, Duke of Bavaria
. The town had been a
Pflegamt
for many years and belonged to the Landshut
Rentamt
[
bar
;
de
;
es
]
of the Electorate-Principality (
Kurfurstentum
) of Bavaria. Landau possessed a town court with broad magisterial powers (Landgericht).
Until the Bavarian county reform, or
Kreisreform
in German, in 1972, Landau was the district seat (
Kreisstadt
) of its own
Landkreis
, having the license plate code LAN. In the reform, the former townships of Frammering, Mettenhausen, Reichersdorf and Zeholfing, along with parts of the townships of Kammern and Ganacker, were merged with the town of Landau. The incorporation of the townships of Nieder- and Oberhocking followed in 1978.
Celebrities
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Former Landauers
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Honorary town citizens
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- Alois Schlogl
(1893?1957), CSU politician, member of the provincial parliament and Provincial Minister for Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry (1948?1954)
- Arthur Piechler
(1896?1974), Cathedral organist in Augsburg und composer
- Hans Kick
(1917?2000), 1st Mayor (1966?1984)
Sights to see
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- Late Gothic parish church with important
winged altar
associated with
Hans Leinberger
in
Usterling
- Town museum (
Heimatmuseum
)
- Town parish church of the Virgin Mary; the parish church of the Assumption of Dormition of the Mother of God (feast day: 15 August) was constructed during the tenure of the town priest Fr. Phillip Rappoldsberger von Dominikus Magazin in 1713. It counts as the largest and most beautiful Baroque church structure in the lower Isar Valley. The church interior shines with the marvellous Baroque high altar and eight side altars.
- Wildthurn Castle (
Schloss Wildthurn
)
- Kastenhof Landau - The museum fur Stone Age and present
in the Kastenhof, a historic administarative building
- The "Growing Rock" (
Wachsender Felsen
)
in Usterling
- The Devil's Stairway (
Teufelstritt
) in
Zulling
- The Boulder Church, or
Steinfelskirche
; the church "At the Thrice-Great Mother in the Rock" originates from the period after the
Thirty Years' War
and was constructed under Fr. Phillip Rappoldsberger. It houses many votive panels from the 17th and 18th centuries and is counted among the most important pilgrimage churches of the lower Isar Valley.
Economy and infrastructure
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Economy: prominent companies
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- Brauerei Krieger
- Einhell AG
- Draxlmaier Group
- IBPmedien GmbH
- Isoflock
- Hefele KG
- Huber GmbH
- Spedition Niedermaier
- vionic Dialog- und Internetmarketing
Traffic/roadways
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The town is bound by the
Bundesstraße 20
and the
Bundesautobahn 92
and lies on the train line
Landshut
?Worth a.d.Isar?
Dingolfing
?Landau a.d.Isar?Wallersdorf?
Plattling
.
Government offices
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- Juvenile Detention Centre
- Ministry for Rural Development
- Forest Ministry
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Surveying Agency
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