Teisbach is a former town in

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. It is now part of the city of

Dingolfing Dingolfing () is a town in southern Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the Landkreis (district) Dingolfing-Landau. Dingolfing is home of a BMW assembly plant. History The area now called Dingolfing was first mentioned in ''Tinguluinga'' in th ...

. Teisbach had been a separate

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immediately west of Dingolfing and east of

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until January 1, 1972, when it was included with the city of Dingolfing. Besides the old market town of Teisbach, on the high right bank of the

Isar The Isar () is a river in Austria and in Bavaria, Germany. Its source is in the Karwendel mountain range of the Alps. The Isar river enters Germany near Mittenwald and flows through Krün, Wallgau, Bad Tölz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching ...

river, with its medieval castle and its

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church of St. Vitus, the municipality also included the small

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s of Höfen and Schönbühl and the

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of Gaubitzhausen left of the Isar, in the valley bottom. While the western part of Höfen had been traditionally part of Teisbach municipality as an

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, the rest of Höfen as well as Schönbühl and Gaubitzhausen had been moved from Loiching to Teisbach by the U.S. military government on January 1, 1946. The area of the former municipality of Teisbach is now a cadastral subdivision of Dingolfing.

Images

File:Wappen Teisbach.svg, Coat of arms of Teisbach File:Teisbach.jpg, aerial view File:Teisbach in DGF 1961.svg, Location of Teisbach within the former ''Landkreis Dingolfing'' File:Schloss Teisbach 01.JPG, Castle of Teisbach File:Markttor Teisbach.JPG, ''Markttor'' (historical western gate) File:Pfarrkirche St. Vitus Teisbach.JPG, Parish church St. Vitus

Historical

File:Teisbach 1723.jpg, Teisbach seen from the east in 1710 (Engraving by

Michael Wening Michael Wening (11 July 1645 – 18 April 1718) was a Bavarian engraver who is known for his many depictions of important places in the Bavaria of his day, including cityscapes and views of stately homes, castles and monasteries. The work has gre ...

) File:Teisbach Ortsplan 1812.jpg, Town map from 1812

External links

picture and information about the St. Vitus church
(in German)
pictures and information about the Markttor
(in German) Dingolfing-Landau {{DingolfingLandau-geo-stub