Eggenfelden (;

Central Bavarian Central or Middle Bavarian form a subgroup of Bavarian dialects in large parts of Austria and the German state of Bavaria along the Danube river, on the northern side of the Eastern Alps. They are spoken in the ' Old Bavarian' regions of Upper ...

: ''Eggenfejdn'') is a municipality in the district of

Rottal-Inn Rottal-Inn is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the southeastern part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Altötting, Mühldorf, Landshut, Dingolfing-Landau and Passau. To the southeast is the Austrian state of U ...

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Geography

Geographical location

Eggenfelden is located in the valley of the

Rott Rott may refer to: Places * Rott (Ammersee), a tributary of the Ammersee, in Bavaria, Germany * Rott (Inn, Neuhaus am Inn), a tributary of the Inn at Neuhaus am Inn, in eastern Bavaria, Germany * Rott (Inn, Rott am Inn) a tributary of the Inn at ...

at the intersection of B 20 with the B 388 and the beginning of the B 588. The city has two railway stations on the

railway Passau - Neumarkt - Sankt Veit Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

as well as an airfield (

airfield Eggenfelden An aerodrome, airfield, or airstrip is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use. Aerodromes inc ...

). Eggenfelden is located about 56 km southeast of

Landshut Landshut (; ) is a town in Bavaria, Germany, on the banks of the Isar, River Isar. Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free state (government), Free State of Bavaria, and the seat of the surrou ...

, 60 km south of

Straubing Straubing (; Central Bavarian: ''Strauwing'') is an independent city in Lower Bavaria, southern Germany. It is seat of the Districts of Germany, district of Straubing-Bogen. Annually in August the Gäubodenvolksfest, the second largest fair in Ba ...

, 70 km south-west of

Passau Passau (; ) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the ("City of Three Rivers"), as the river Danube is joined by the Inn (river), Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north. Passau's population is about 50,000, of whom ...

, 84 kilometers north of

Salzburg Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...

and 110 kilometers east of

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

Communal

The municipality Eggenfelden has 119 officially named Stadtteile: * Afuswimm * Aichner * Aign *

Altenburg Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...

* Anzengrub * Asbach * Au * Axöd * Axöd-Siedlung * Bachkampel *

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Bruck Bruck may refer to: People * Bruck (surname) * Bruck Dawit, Ethiopian–American musician and producer Places Bruck (Bavarian for "bridge") is a common name for towns: Austria * Bruck am Ziller, in the district of Schwaz in Tyrol * Bruck an de ...

* Bruckhäuser *

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* Dietraching * Drittenbrei * Dürrwimm * Eder vorm Wald * Edmertsee * Eggenfelden * Falterer * Fäustlinger * Fraunhofen * Freiung * Fuchsberg * Fuchsmühle * Fußöd *

Gaisberg The Gaisberg is, at above sea level, a mountain to the east of Salzburg, Austria. It belongs to Salzkammergut Mountains, a range of the Northern Limestone Alps. The mountain is one of the Salzburg ''Hausberge'', a recreational area offering views ...

Gall Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to benign tumors or war ...

Gern Gern is an U-Bahn station in Munich on the U1. It opened on . The station includes displays on local history, and is also noted for its innovative lighting; nine pyramidal aluminium Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a ...

* Gfürt * Giglberg *

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* Gschwend * Hänghub * Hartlwimm * Haus * Heckengrub * Hetzenberg * Hinterhöll * Hochwimm * Höll * Holzbruck * Holzhäuseln * Holzkeller * Holzner * Holzschachten * Hub * Kagern * Kampelsberg * Kaspersbach * Kastenberg * Käufl * Kirchberg * Kleeham * Kleingmain * Klohub * Kollersberg * Königsöd * Kreuzöd * Kronwitt * Lauterbach *

Lichtenberg Lichtenberg may refer to: Places * Lichtenberg, Austria * Lichtenberg, Bas-Rhin, France * Lichtenberg, Bavaria, Germany * Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany * Lichtenberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany * Lichtenberg (Lausitz), Saxony, Germany * Lichte ...

* Lichtlberg * Lindhof * Loh * Luderfing * Lug * Maißling * Mitterhof * Mitterpirsting * Moosham * Neustatt * Niederndorf * Oberkampel * Oberkirchberg * Oberpirsting * Oberthal * Oberzeiling * Peterskirchen * Pirsting * Pischelsberg * Pollersbach * Prühmühle *

Reiter ''Reiter'' or ''Schwarze Reiter'' ("black riders", anglicized ''swart reiters'') were a type of cavalry in 16th to 17th century Central Europe including Holy Roman Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia, and others. Cont ...

* Reiter am Wald *

Rinn Rinn is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 6 km southeast of Innsbruck. The village was mentioned in documents as “Runne” in 1250 for the first time. Population Climate Climate typ ...

* Rott am Wald * Rottmühle * Rushäusl * Sandtner *

Sankt Sebastian Sankt Sebastian is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North ...

* Simonsöd * Spanberg * Sperwies *

Stock Stocks (also capital stock, or sometimes interchangeably, shares) consist of all the Share (finance), shares by which ownership of a corporation or company is divided. A single share of the stock means fractional ownership of the corporatio ...

* Straß I * Straß II * Straßhäuseln * Stumsöd * Taschnerhof * Thal * Tiefstadt * Untereschlbach * Unterkampel * Untermaisbach * Unterpirsting * Unterthal * Unterzeiling * Vorderhöll * Weg * Weilberg * Weilberg-Siedlung * Weinberg * Wimm * Wolfsberg * Zainach * Zellhub

Mayors

* 1946–1948: Lorenz Fichtner, SPD * 1948–1960: Lorenz Bachmeier, CSU * 1960–1990: Hans Kreck, SPD * 1990–2002: Karl Riedler, SPD * 2002–2014: Werner Schießl, FWG * 2014–2020: Wolfgang Grubwinkler, UWG * since 2020: Martin Biber, CSU Rathaus Eggenfelden

Notable people

*The ski mountaineer

Konrad Lex Konrad Lex (born 7 December 1974 in Eggenfelden, Lower Bavaria) is a German ski mountaineer. He is a member of the DAV section Gangkofen and of the national team. Lex studied at Munich University of Applied Sciences. Selected results * 2005: ...

was born in Eggenfelden. *The German pop-singer and actor

Daniel Küblböck Daniel Dominik Kaiser-Küblböck (born Küblböck; 27 August 1985 – 9 September 2018) was a German singer, best known for placing third in the television talent show ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' in 2003. In the years that followed, he re ...

who achieved short-lived celebrity in 2003, in the first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS), the German version of Pop Idol, in which he came third, was born outside of Eggenfelden and lived here until his breakthrough.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

Albert Hahl Albert Hahl (1868–1945) was a German colonial administrator. In 1897, he was acting Landeshauptmann of the German New Guinea Company. After this he was appointed Governor of German New Guinea from 10 July 1901 to 13 April 1914. During his tim ...

(1868-1945), German colonial officer and governor of German-New Guinea *

Richard Schimpf __NOTOC__ Richard Schimpf (16 May 1897 – 30 December 1972) was a paratroop general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. On 8 March 1945, he negotiated a surrender to A ...

(1897-1972), officer of the German Army, the Reichswehr, the Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr (last rank major general) * Friedrich Müller (born 1938), legal scientist and author * Joseph Vogl (born 1957), literary and media scientist *

Katrin Garfoot Katrin Garfoot (born 8 October 1981) is a German-born Australian former cyclist who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's road time trial, road time trial. She started cyc ...

(born 1981), Australian cyclist * Barbara Lechner (born 1982), shooting sports woman

Other people related to Eggenfelden

Fritz Wiedemann Frederick Wiedemann (16 August 1891 in Augsburg – 17 January 1970 in Postmünster) was a German soldier, Nazi Party official, and (publicly) Consul General for the German Nazi party. He was, for a time, the personal adjutant to Adolf Hitler, ha ...

(1891-1970), German

officer An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French ''oficier'' "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French ''officier''), from Medieval Latin ''officiarius'' "an officer," fro ...

, adjutant of Adolf Hitler and diplomat *

(born 1985), DSDS participant and singer

References

External links

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