Landau an der Isar

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Country Germany Admin. region Niederbayern Elevation 390 m (1,280 ft) Area 84.37 km² Local time Sunday 9:05 AM Dialling code 09951		State Bavaria District Dingolfing-Landau Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 12,741 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 94405 Administrative region Lower Bavaria

Weather 4°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 74% Humidity

Landau an der Isar (official name: Landau a.d.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. In 2005, the population was around 12,950.

Map of 94405 Landau an der Isar, Germany

History

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 of the Electorate-Principality (Kurfürstentum) 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 Oberhöcking followed in 1978.

Former Landauers

Uschi Glas, actress

Jakob Ziegler, mathematician

Christian Jungwirth, actor and radio DJ

Manfred Böckl, author

town pastor Johann Baptist Huber, opponent of the Nazi régime

Norbert Niemann, author

Honorary town citizens

Alois Schlögl (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

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)

Lower Bavarian Museum of Archæology in the Kastenhof, a former ducal residence

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: prominent companies

Brauerei Krieger

Einhell AG

Dräxlmaier Group

IBPmedien GmbH

Isoflock

Hefele KG

Huber GmbH

Spedition Niedermaier

vionic Dialog- und Internetmarketing

Traffic/roadways

The town is bound by the Bundesstraße 20 and the Bundesautobahn 92 and lies on the train line Landshut–Wörth a.d.Isar–Dingolfing–Landau a.d.Isar–Wallersdorf–Plattling.