Bogen ( bar, label= Central Bavarian, Boong) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the district of Straubing-Bogen in

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. It has a population of 10,105. Bogen is located between the southern slopes of the Bavarian Forest and the River Danube. The town lies at the foot of the Bogenberg, a hill immediately on the Danube. The

pilgrimage church A pilgrimage church (german: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims. Pilgrimage churches are often located by the graves ...

of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (''Mariä Himmelfahrt'')Church of St. Mary of the Ascension
/ref> on the Bogenberg is the destination of one of the oldest pilgrimages for Saint Mary in Bavaria (first mentioned in 1103). This was also the seat of power of the Counts of Bogen, who died out in 1242, before the fief passed over to the

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 o ...

s. Since 1958, the

German Army The German Army (, "army") is the land component of the armed forces of Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German ''Bundeswehr'' together with the ''Marine'' (German Navy) and the ''Luftwaf ...

has been based at the Graf-Aswin-Kaserne military barracks in Bogen. The barracks are home to

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s and are used for training

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Sport

The town's sport club

TSV Bogen The TSV Bogen is a German association football club from the town of Bogen, Bavaria. The club's greatest success came in 2013 when it qualified for the southern division of the Bayernliga, the fifth tier of the German football league system. Hi ...

, whose football division was formed in 1926, experienced its greatest success in 2013 when it won promotion to the

Bayernliga The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one o ...

for the first time.

Twinnings

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- 3 September 1983 *

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(fr) - 4 August 1982 * Schotten -

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- 3 June 2001 * Wilhering -

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- 22 October 2002

Notable natives

Anna Krauss Anna Krauss ( Friese; 27 October 1884, Bogen – 5 August 1943, Plötzensee Prison, Berlin) was a German clairvoyant, fortune-teller and businesswomen who owned a lacquer and paint wholesaler business in Berlin. She became a resistance fighter ...

(1884-1943), German resistance fighter and victim of national socialism *

Max Eberl Max Eberl (born 21 September 1973) is a German former professional footballer and current executive who works as RB Leipzig's director of sport. Playing career Born in Bogen, Eberl's career as a professional footballer began in 1991 as a defen ...

(born 1973), footballer and football functionary

References

{{Authority control Straubing-Bogen Populated places on the Danube