Landau an der Isar

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Country:	Germany
Landau an der Isar

Coordinates:	48° 40′ N, 12° 40′ E
Time zone:	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
State:	Bavaria
Administrative region:	Niederbayern
District:	Dingolfing-Landau
Mayor:	Josef Brunner (CSU)
Basic Statistics
Area:	84.37 km² (33 sq.mi.)
Population:	12,952 (30 June 2005)
- Density:	154 /km² (398 /sq.mi.)
Elevation:	390 m (1280 ft)
Further Information
Postal code:	94405
Area code:	09951
Licence plate code:	DGF (formerly: LAN)
Website:	www.landau-isar.de

Landau an der Isar (official title: Landau a.d.Isar) is the second largest town in the Lower Bavarian county, or Landkreis, of Dingolfing-Landau, in the province of Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the river Isar. As of 2005, the population was around 12,950.

1 History
2 Celebrities
- 2.1 Former Landauers
- 2.2 Honorary town citizens
3 Sights to See
4 Economy and Infrastructure
5 Weblinks

[edit] History

Landau was founded in 1224 by the Wittelsbach Duke Ludwig of Kelheim. 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).

Up until the Bavarian county reform, or Kreisreform in German, of 1972, Landau was the county 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.

[edit] Celebrities

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Sights to See

Late Gothic parish church with important Spätgotische Pfarrkirche mit bedeutendem 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.

[edit] Economy and Infrastructure

[edit] Economy: Prominent Companies

Brauerei Krieger
Einhell AG
Dräxlmaier Group
Fruchthof Landau/Isar
Isoflock
Hefele KG
Huber GmbH
Spedition Niedermaier
vionic Dialog- und Internetmarketing

[edit] 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.