Simbach is a market town and 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 merging t ...

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. As of 2020, it had a population of around 4,000 and an area of 51.23 km².

History

*806 - The town is first mentioned in official documents *13th century - The town received the title ''Markt'' *1496 - Construction of St. Bartholomäus Church was completed *c. 1634 - The town was struck by

plague Plague or The Plague may refer to: Agriculture, fauna, and medicine *Plague (disease), a disease caused by ''Yersinia pestis'' * An epidemic of infectious disease (medical or agricultural) * A pandemic caused by such a disease * A swarm of pes ...

*1658 - Part of the town was destroyed by fire *1670 - A second school building, the ''Deiritzhaus'', was built *1736 - The church was extended in the

baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

style *1972 - Communal reform took place

References

External links

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