Geisenhausen is a municipality with

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status in the district of Landshut, in

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. It is situated 14 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 ...

in the valley of the

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History

Geisenhausen was first mentioned in a document in 980 and received market rights in 1393.

Administrative division

*Albanstetten *Diemannskirchen *Hörlkam *Hermannskirchen *Holzhausen *Geisenhausen *Salksdorf *Johannesbergham *Westersbergham *Stephansbergham *Irlach

Sights

The parish church St. Martin from the second half of the 15th century is a brick building in

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style similar to its larger namesake in Landshut. Historic middle-class houses line part of market square and main road. The church of St. Theobald was a destiny of pilgrimages from about 1390 to 1790.

Infrastructure

Geisenhausen is linked with the rail system of the Deutsche Bahn. The

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, an important road, bypasses the market town.

Periodic events

Rosenmontag (, ) is the highlight of the German (carnival), and takes place on the Shrove Monday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Mardi Gras, though celebrated on Fat Tuesday, is a similar event. is celebrated in German-speaking countries, in ...

szug (Rose Monday Parade) of the

carnival Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Carnival typi ...

club Tollemogei *Farmers' market *Fair of the Bürger- und Gewerbeverein (citizens and business association) at the weekend of Whitsun

Famous citizens

Burkhard, Margrave of Austria Burkhard Earl of Geisenhausen was the first margrave in the History of Bavaria, Bavarian ''marchia orientalis'', the territory that was to become the March of Austria, after its recapture at the 955 Battle of Lechfeld. When German king Otto I, Holy ...

(''ca.'' 926–''ca.'' 981), Earl of Geisenhausen *

Henry I (bishop of Augsburg) Henri I of Augsburg (died 14 July 982) was the count of Geisenhausen and the bishop of Augsburg from 973 to his death. He succeeded Saint Ulrich of Augsburg. A bellicose warrior-bishop, under him the diocese suffered. Henry was the only son of ...

(died 14 July 982

Battle of Stilo The Battle of Stilo (also known as Cape Colonna and Crotone) was fought on 13 or 14 July 982 near Crotone in Calabria between the forces of Holy Roman Emperor Otto II and his Italo-Lombard allies and those of the Kalbid emir of Sicily, Ab ...

), Earl of Geisenhausen *

Günter Eich Günter Eich (; 1 February 1907 – 20 December 1972) was a German poet, radio playwright, and writer. He was born in Lebus, on the Oder River, and educated in Leipzig, Berlin, and Paris. Life Eich made his first appearance in print with some p ...

(1907–1972), writer *

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(1909–2004), actor * Thomas Schmid (1960), writer * Johannes Schmid (1973), stage director

References

External links

* {{Authority control Landshut (district)