Mengkofen is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in the district of
Dingolfing-Landau
Dingolfing-Landau is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Straubing-Bogen, Deggendorf, Rottal-Inn and Landshut.
History
The district was established in 1972 by mergin ...
in
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...
in
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. It lies in the
Aiterach River
Aiterach is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Danube near Straubing
Straubing () is an independent city in Lower Bavaria, southern Germany. It is seat of the district of Straubing-Bogen. Annually in August the Gäubodenvolksfest, ...
valley.
Subdivision
The municipality includes 10 former municipalities (''Gemarkungen''), and other villages:
Infos at municipal website
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*Hofdorf
*Hüttenkofen
*Martinsbuch
*Mengkofen
*Mühlhausen
*Puchhausen
* Süßkofen
**Ginhart
Ginhart is a German hamlet (''Weiler'') of the municipality of Mengkofen, Dingolfing-Landau district, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria. As of the last census of population, 1987, it had a population of 28.
Overview
Ginhart had been a part of the municipali ...
**Hagenau
*Tunding
*Tunzenberg
*Weichshofen
References
Dingolfing-Landau
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