Geisenhausen is a municipality with
market town
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status in the
district of Landshut, in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It is situated 14 km southeast of
Landshut
Landshut (; bar, Landshuad) is a town in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also t ...
in the valley of the
Kleine Vils
Kleine Vils (in its upper course: ''Krumbächlein'') is a river of Bavaria, Germany. At its confluence with the Große Vils near Gerzen, the Vils is formed.
See also
*List of rivers of Bavaria
A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany:
A
* Aalb ...
.
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
gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
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
Bundesstraße 299
The Bundesstraße 299 or B 299 is a major route in the Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate) region of Bavaria. It runs through Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Amberg and Grafenwoehr.
299
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Year 299 ( CCXCIX) was a common year starting ...
, an important road, bypasses the market town.
Periodic events
*
Rosenmontag
( en, Rose Monday) 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 ...
szug (Rose Monday Parade) of the
carnival
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club Tollemogei
*Farmers' market
*Fair of the Bürger- und Gewerbeverein (citizens and business association) at the weekend of Whitsun
Famous citizens
*
Günter Eich
Günter Eich (; 1 February 1907 – 20 December 1972) was a German lyricist, dramatist, and author. 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 poems ...
(1907-1972), writer
*
Martin Flörchinger Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austral ...
(1909–2004), actor
*
Thomas Schmid (1960), writer
*
Johannes Schmid (1973), stage director
References
External links
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