Lower Bavaria Lower Bavaria (german: Niederbayern, Bavarian: ''Niedabayern'') is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state. Geography Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions () – Landshut and Donau-W ...

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Kelheim Kelheim () is a town and municipality in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the district Kelheim and is situated at the confluence of the rivers Altmühl and Danube. Kelheim has a population of around 16,750 (2020). History Kelheim is t ...

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Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...

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Abens The Abens is a river in Bavaria, Germany, and a right-bank tributary of the Danube. Its source is near Au in der Hallertau. Some long, it flows generally northward through the small towns of Au in der Hallertau, Rudelzhausen, Mainburg, Siegenb ...

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Abens The Abens is a river in Bavaria, Germany, and a right-bank tributary of the Danube. Its source is near Au in der Hallertau. Some long, it flows generally northward through the small towns of Au in der Hallertau, Rudelzhausen, Mainburg, Siegenb ...

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Weltenburg Abbey Weltenburg Abbey (Kloster Weltenburg) is a Benedictine monastery in Weltenburg near Kelheim on the Danube in Bavaria, Germany. Geography The abbey is situated on a peninsula in the Danube, in a section of the river valley called the Weltenbur ...

Altmühl The Altmühl (, la, Alchmona, Alcmana, Almonus)
s.v. is a river in

in the north, a left tributary of the Danube, and the famous

Hallertau The Hallertau or Holledau is an area in Bavaria, Germany. With an area of 178 km², it is listed as the largest continuous hop-planting area in the world.Bentley, James; Catling, Christopher; & Locke, Tim (1994). ''Munich and Bavaria''. Chicago: ...

hops-planting region in the south. The town is divided into the municipalities of Abensberg, Arnhofen, Holzharlanden, Hörlbach, Offenstetten, Pullach and Sandharland.

Divisions

Since the administrative reforms in

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in the 1970s, the town also encompasses the following '' Ortsteile'': * In the town: Abensberg (main settlement), Aunkofen (civil parish), Badhaus (village) * To the east: Gaden (village), See (village), Offenstetten (civil parish) * To the north east: Arnhofen (civil parish), Baiern (village), Pullach (civil parish), Kleedorf (village) * To the north: Sandharlanden (civil parish), Holzharlanden (civil parish), Buchhof (small

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

) * To the west: Schwaighausen (village), Schillhof (hamlet), Gilla (small hamlet) * To the south: Aumühle (small hamlet), Allersdorf (hamlet) * To the south east: Lehen (small hamlet), Mitterhörlbach (hamlet), Upper Hörlbach (village), Lower Hörlbach (hamlet)

History

There had been settlement on this part of the

Abens The Abens is a river in Bavaria, Germany, and a right-bank tributary of the Danube. Its source is near Au in der Hallertau. Some long, it flows generally northward through the small towns of Au in der Hallertau, Rudelzhausen, Mainburg, Siegenb ...

river since long before the

High Middle Ages The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the periodization, period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300. The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and were followed by the Late Middle Ages, which ended ...

, dating back to

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times. Of particular interest and national importance are the Neolithic flint mines at Arnhofen, where, around 7,000 years ago,

Stone Age The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years, and ended between 4,000 BC and 2,000 BC, with t ...

people made flint, which was fashioned into drills, blades and arrowheads, and was regarded as the steel of the Stone Age. Traces of over 20,000 individuals were found on this site. The modern history of Abensberg, which is often incorrectly compared with that of the third century Roman

castra In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word ''castrum'', plural ''castra'', was a military-related term. In Latin usage, the singular form ''castrum'' meant 'fort', while the plural form ''castra'' meant 'camp'. The singular and ...

(military outpost) of Abusina, begins with Gebhard, who was the first to mention Abensberg as a town, in the middle of the 12th century. The earliest written reference to the town, under the name of ''Habensperch'', came from this time, in around 1138. Gebhard was from the Babonen clan. In 1256, the

castrum In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Roman Republic, Republican period of ancient Rome. As a po ...

of ''Abensprech'' was first mentioned, and on 12 June 1348, Margrave Ludwig of

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

, and his brother, Duke Stephen of

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, raised Abensberg to the status of a city, giving it the right to operate lower courts, enclose itself with a wall and hold markets. The wall was built by Count Ulrich III of

Abensberg Abensberg () is a town in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim, in Bavaria, Germany, lying around southwest of Regensburg, east of Ingolstadt, northwest of Landshut and north of Munich. It is situated on the river Abens, a tributary of the ...

. Some of the thirty-two round towers and eight turrets are still preserved to this day. In the

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, the people of Abensberg enjoyed a level of autonomy above their lord. They elected a city council, although only a small number of rich families were eligible for election. In around 1390, the Carmelite Monastery of Our Lady of Abensberg was founded by Count John II and his wife, Agnes. Although Abensberg was an autonomous city, it remained dependent on the powerful

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. The last Lord of Abensberg,

Niclas, Graf von Abensberg Niclas, Graf von Abensberg (1441 – 28 February 1485) was a knight and nobleman under the reign of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria Louis IX (german: Ludwig IX, Herzog von Bayern-Landshut, also known as Louis the Rich; 23 February 1417 – 18 ...

, supposedly named after his godfather,

Nicholas of Kues Nicholas of Cusa (1401 – 11 August 1464), also referred to as Nicholas of Kues and Nicolaus Cusanus (), was a German Catholic cardinal, philosopher, theologian, jurist, mathematician, and astronomer. One of the first German proponents of Renai ...

, a Catholic cardinal, was murdered in 1485 by Christopher, a

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of

Bavaria-Munich Bavaria-Munich (german: Bayern-München) was a duchy that was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1392 to 1505. History After the death of Stephen II in 1375, his sons Stephen III, Frederick, and John II jointly ruled Bavaria-La ...

. The year before, Niclas had unchivalrously taken Christopher captive as he bathed before a tournament in Munich. Although Christopher renounced his claim for revenge, he lay in wait for Niclas in Freising. When the latter arrived, he was killed by Seitz von Frauenberg. He is buried in the former convent of Abensberg. Abensberg then lost its independence and became a part of the Duchy of Bavaria, and from then on was administered by a ducal official, the so-called caretaker. The castle of Abensberg was destroyed during the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...

, although the city had bought a guarantee of protection from the Swedish general,

Carl Gustaf Wrangel ''Fältmarskalk'' Carl Gustaf Wrangel (also Carl Gustav von Wrangel; 23 December 1613 – 5 July 1676) was a Swedish Statesman and Military Commander who commanded the Swedish forces in the Thirty Years', Torstenson, Bremen, Second Northe ...

. During the

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emperor Leopold I, who had occupied Bavaria, granted the fief of Abensberg to count Ernst von Abensperg und Traun (1608–1668) from an Austrian noble family named Traun that now received the name of the former counts of Abensberg (who were believed to be distant relatives). After the occupation ended, he was however dispossessed.

Johannes Aventinus Johann Georg Turmair (or Thurmayr) (4 July 1477 – 9 January 1534), known by the pen name Johannes Aventinus (Latin for "John of Abensberg") or Aventin, was a Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist. He authored the 152 ...

(1477–1534) is the city's most famous son, the founder of the study of history in Bavaria. Aventinus, whose name was real name is Johann or Johannes Turmair (''Aventinus'' being the Latin name of his birthplace) wrote the ''Annals of Bavaria'', a valuable record of the early history of Germany and the first major written work on the subject. He is commemorated in the

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, a monument near

Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...

to the distinguished figures of German history. Until 1800, Abensberg was a municipality belonging to the

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, the second largest fair in Bavaria, is held. The city is located on the Danube form ...

district of the

Electorate of Bavaria The Electorate of Bavaria (german: Kurfürstentum Bayern) was an independent hereditary electorate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1623 to 1806, when it was succeeded by the Kingdom of Bavaria. The Wittelsbach dynasty which ruled the Duchy of Ba ...

. Abensberg also contained a magistrates' court. In the

Battle of Abensberg The Battle of Abensberg took place on 20 April 1809 between a Franco-German force under the command of Emperor Napoleon I of France and a reinforced Austrian corps led by Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Louis of Austria. As the day wore on, Fe ...

on 19–20 April 1809,

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gained a significant victory over the Austrians under Archduke Ludwig of

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and General

Johann von Hiller Johann Baron von Hiller (13 October 1754 – 5 June 1819) was an Austrian general during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He held an important command during the 1809 campaign against France, playing a prominent role at the B ...

.

Coat of arms

The arms of the city are divided into two halves. On the left are the blue and white rhombuses of Bavaria, while the right half is split into two silver and black triangles. Two diagonally-crossed silver swords with golden handles rest on top. The town has had a coat of arms since 1338, that of the Counts of Abensberg. With the death of the last Count, Nicholas of Abensberg, in 1485, the estates fell to the

Duchy of Bavaria-Munich Bavaria-Munich (german: Bayern-München) was a duchy that was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1392 to 1505. History After the death of Stephen II in 1375, his sons Stephen III, Frederick, and John II jointly ruled Bavaria-L ...

, meaning that henceforth only the Bavarian coat of arms was ever used. On 31 December 1809, a decree of King Maximilian of

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 lan ...

granted the city a new coat of arms, as a recognition of their (mainly humanitarian and logistic) services in the

Battle of Abensberg The Battle of Abensberg took place on 20 April 1809 between a Franco-German force under the command of Emperor Napoleon I of France and a reinforced Austrian corps led by Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Louis of Austria. As the day wore on, Fe ...

the same year. The diagonally divided field in silver and black came from the old crest of the Counts of Abensberg, while the white and blue diamonds came from that of the

House of Wittelsbach The House of Wittelsbach () is a German dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including Bavaria, the Palatinate, Holland and Zeeland, Sweden (with Finland), Denmark, Norway, Hungary (with Romania), Bohemia, the Electorate ...

, the rulers of Bavaria. The swords recall the Battle of Abensberg. The district of Offenstetten previously possessed its own coat of arms.

Twinning

*

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, Greece since 1986 *

Lonigo Lonigo is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16,400 inhabitants.Source: ISTAT - Bilancio demografico al 31/12/200 In its ''frazione'' of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissance ...

, Italy since 1999

Economy and Infrastructure

The area around Abensberg, the so-called sand belt between

Siegburg Siegburg (i.e. ''fort on the Sieg river''; Ripuarian: ''Sieburch'') is a city in the district of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the banks of the rivers Sieg and Agger, 10 kilometres from the former seat of ...

,

Neustadt an der Donau Neustadt an der Donau is a town in Lower Bavaria on the Danube in Bavaria, Germany. Lying on the western border of Landkreis Kelheim, Neustadt is primarily known for the thermal spa Bad Gögging. Neustadt had a population of 12,753 as of ...

, Abensberg and Langquaid, is used for the

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of

asparagus Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name ''Asparagus officinalis'', is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus ''Asparagus''. Its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable. It was once classified in ...

, due to the optimal soil condition and climate. 212 hectares of land can produce ninety-four asparagus plants. Abensberg asparagus enjoys a reputation among connoisseurs as a particular delicacy. In addition to asparagus, the production of hops plays a major role locally, the region having its own label, and there are still three independent breweries in the area. The town of Abensberg marks the start of the ''Deutsche Hopfenstraße'' (''German Hops Road''), a nickname given to the

Bundesstraße ''Bundesstraße'' (German for "federal highway"), abbreviated ''B'', is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways. Germany Germany's ''Bundesstraßen'' network has a total length of about 40,000 km. German ''Bundesstraßen'' ...

301, a German federal highway which runs through the heartland of Germany's hops-growing industry, ending in

Freising Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising ''Landkreis'' (district), with a population of about 50,000. Location Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the Is ...

.

Transport

The Abensberg railway station is located on the

Regensburg–Ingolstadt railway The Regensburg–Ingolstadt railway is a single-track, electrified mainline railway in Bavaria, Germany. It runs in the Danube valley from Regensburg to Ingolstadt. The Regensburg–Ingolstadt railway and the Ingolstadt–Neuoffingen railway togeth ...

from

Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...

to

Ingolstadt Ingolstadt (, Austro-Bavarian: ) is an independent city on the Danube in Upper Bavaria with 139,553 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2022). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan area. Ingolstadt is the second largest city in Upper Bav ...

. The city can be reached via the A-93 Holledau-Regensburg road (exit Abensberg). Three

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(German federal highways) cross south of Abensberg: B 16, B 299 and B 301.

Public facilities

Schools

Abensberg has a Grundschule (primary school) and

Hauptschule A ''Hauptschule'' (, "general school") is a secondary school in Germany, starting after four years of elementary schooling (''Grundschule''), which offers Lower Secondary Education (Level 2) according to the International Standard Classification ...

(open admission secondary school), and the Johann-Turmair-

Realschule ''Realschule'' () is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), ...

(secondary modern school). There is also a College of Agriculture and Home Economics. Since 2007, the Kelheim Berufsschule has had a campus in Abensberg, and outside the state sector is the St. Francis Vocational Training Centre, run by a Catholic youth organisation.

Culture and sightseeing

Theatre

In 2008, a former

goods shed A goods shed is a railway building designed for storing goods before or after carriage in a train. A typical goods shed will have a track running through it to allow goods wagons to be unloaded under cover, although sometimes they were built ...

by the main railway station of Abensberg was converted into a theatre by local volunteers. The "Theater am Bahnhof" (''Theatre at the Railway Station'') is mostly used by the ''Theatergruppe Lampenfieber'' and was opened on 19 October 2008.

Museums

Abensberg has a long tradition of museums. In the nineteenth century, Nicholas Stark und Peter Paul Dollinger began a collection based on local history. This collection and the collection of the ''Heimatverein'' (local history society) were united in 1963 into the Aventinus Museum, in the cloister of the former Carmelite monastery. On 7 July 2006, the new Town Museum of Abensberg was opened in the former duke's castle in the town.

Kuchlbauer Brewery

Two blocks west of the Old Town is the Kuchlbauer Brewery and beer garden featuring the Kuchlbauer Tower, a colorful and unconventional observation tower designed by Viennese architect

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Friedrich Stowasser (15 December 1928 – 19 February 2000), better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (), was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection ...

. The brewery and tower are open to the public.

Image gallery

File:Abensberg Stadtansicht.jpg, View of the Old Town File:Abensberg Klosterkirche.jpg, Carmelite Monastery File:Abensberg Stadtplatz.jpg, Town Centre with Rathaus (town hall) File:Abensberg RegensburgerTor.jpg, Regensburg Gate File:SchlossAbensberg LandkreisKelheim Niederbayern.JPG, Site of the former castle File:Herzogskasten Abensberg.JPG, Herzogskasten (Duke's storage house) File:Abensberg Kuchlbauerturm von Hundertwasser.JPG, Kuchlbauer Tower

Missing memorial

Up until the 1950s, Abensberg and the surrounding villages contained a number of graves of victims of a

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in the Spring of 1945 from the Hersbruck sub-camp of the

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, who were either murdered by the SS or died of exhaustion. They were originally buried where they died, but were later moved on the orders of the US military government to the cemeteries of their previous homes. At the cemetery in what is now the district of

Pullach Pullach, officially Pullach i. Isartal, is a municipality in the district of Munich in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the Isar Valley Railway and is served by the S 7 line of the Munich S-Bahn, at the Großhesselohe Isartalbahnhof, Pullach and ...

stood a memorial stone which was mentioned as recently as 1967, but which is no longer at the site. The suffering of ten unknown victims of the camp was recorded on the stone.

Regular events

*The Abensberger events calendar begins in February with the '' Faschingsgillamoos''

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, which reaches its high point on Mad Thursday. *There then follows the ''Frühjahrsmarkt'' (Spring market) two weeks before Easter, when all the shops in the town are permitted to open on Sunday ( which is normally prohibited in Germany). * *The ''Bürgerfest'' is celebrated on the first weekend of July, when the palace gardens with their ancient walls are transformed into a medieval camp. *The ''Schlossgartenfest'' (Palace Garden Festival) takes place every year at the beginning of August. It is organised since 1977 by the

Junge Union The Junge Union Deutschlands (''Young Union of Germany'') or JU is the joint youth organisation of the two conservative German political parties, CDU and CSU. Membership is limited to individuals between 14 and 35 years of age. Junge Union clai ...

, the youth branch of Germany's two main conservative political parties, the CDU and

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, and attracts all age groups from Abensberg and surrounding areas. *On the second Saturday in August, people can wander through the Night Market in the balmy Summer evening. *The ''Gillamoos'', the oldest and largest

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in the

Hallertau The Hallertau or Holledau is an area in Bavaria, Germany. With an area of 178 km², it is listed as the largest continuous hop-planting area in the world.Bentley, James; Catling, Christopher; & Locke, Tim (1994). ''Munich and Bavaria''. Chicago: ...

opens on the Thursday before the first Sunday in September and runs until the Monday thereafter. It is the highlight of the year in Abensberg and is a celebration of the people of Abensberg and the surrounding area. *The ''Herbstmarkt'' (autumn market), another Sunday shopping day, is on the first weekend in October. *Since 1997, a series of cultural, art, music and entertainment events have taken place in November at various locations in the town, under the title, ''Novembernebel'' (November fog) *On

Saint Nicholas Day Saint Nicholas Day, also called the Feast of Saint Nicholas, observed on 5 December or on 6 December in Western Christian countries, and on 19 December in Eastern Christian countries using the old church Calendar, is the feast day of Saint Nic ...

(6 December), the ''Niklasmarkt'' (Nicholas Market) commemorates the ''Niklasspende'', a medieval foundation for the poor. This heralds the beginning of Advent and the Christmas period.

Notable residents

Sons and daughters of the town

*Konrad von Abensberg (-1147):

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and monastic reformer *Erhart Falckener: crafter of Late Gothic church furnishings *

Johannes Aventinus Johann Georg Turmair (or Thurmayr) (4 July 1477 – 9 January 1534), known by the pen name Johannes Aventinus (Latin for "John of Abensberg") or Aventin, was a Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist. He authored the 152 ...

(1477–1534): Bavarian historian *

Stephan Agricola Stephan Agricola (c. 1491–1547) was a Lutheran church reformer. Born in Abensberg, at a young age he joined the Augustinian order. As a monk, he studied Augustine deeply.Henry Eyster JacobsLutheran Cyclopediap. 6, "Agricola, Stephen" As a student ...

(1491–1547): Lutheran reformer *Gilbert Michl (1750–1828): Composer and Abbot of

Steingaden Steingaden is a town and municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district of Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is the site of the 12th-century Steingaden Abbey (''Kloster Steingaden'') and the Wies Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Geography The commu ...

*

Joseph von Hazzi Joseph Ritter von Hazzi (12 February 1768 – 20 May 1845) was a Bavarian official. Biography Hazzi was born in Abensberg. After studying law, he became Privy Councillor and Councillor of the Bavarian General State Directorate in Munich. Hi ...

(1768–1845): Bavarian Privy Councillor *Sebastian Osterrieder (1864–1932): sculptor *Josef Stanglmeier (1918–1999): builder and politician *Alfred Edel (1932–1993): actor *Martin Neumeyer (born 1954): Member of the Bavarian State Assembly *

Uwe Brandl Uwe Brandl (born 27 October 1959 in Abensberg, Lower Bavaria) is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He is a mayor of the city of Abensberg and has served as President of the Bayerischer Gemeindetag. ...

(born 1959): Mayor of Abensberg * Paul Smaczny: Music and film producer *

Christian Lohr Christian Lohr (born May 5, 1962) is a Swiss politician of the party The Centre (political party), The Centre (DM, Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, CVP until 2021). He is a member of the National Council. Career After passin ...

: Musician and producer *

Stephan Ebn Stephan Ebn (born 13 February 1978 in Kelheim, Lower Bavaria) is a German drummer and music producer. He studied jazz drums at the University of Music in Nuremberg from 1998 to 2003. Before and during this period, he had already worked on numerou ...

(born 1978): drummer and music producer * Richard Resch: Tenor, classical and opera singer *Christopher Ohrt: mathematician

People who have worked in the town

*Jakob Jonas (1500–1558): German philologist, jurist, politician and diplomat * Wiguläus von Kreittmayr (1705–1790): by marriage Lord of Offenstetten and Hatzkofen *Daisy d'Ora (born 1913): actress and beauty queen *

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Friedrich Stowasser (15 December 1928 – 19 February 2000), better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (), was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection ...

(1928–2000): artist and architect *Andreas Fischer (born 1966): Member of the Bavarian State Assembly *

Radu Ivan Radu Ivan (born 17 July 1969) is a Romanian judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔 ...

(born 1969): International Judo champion *

Ole Bischof Ole Bischof (born 27 August 1979 in Reutlingen) is a German judoka. He is trained by 1984 Olympic gold medalist Frank Wieneke. Biography Bischof began in the TSG Reutlingen with judo. He became German champion at the age of 18 in 1997 in the a ...

(born 1979): Olympic Judo champion

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Abensberger Impressionen - Old Images of Abensberg
{{Authority control Spa towns in Germany Kelheim (district)

Geography

Divisions

History

Coat of arms

Twinning

Economy and Infrastructure

Transport

Public facilities

Schools

Culture and sightseeing

Theatre

Museums

Kuchlbauer Brewery

Image gallery

Missing memorial

Regular events

Notable residents

Sons and daughters of the town

People who have worked in the town

See also

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