Vilsbiburg (, regional: Vib ɪb is a town on the river

Große Vils Große Vils is a river of Bavaria, Germany. At its confluence with the Kleine Vils near Gerzen, the Vils is formed. See also *List of rivers of Bavaria A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach *Abens * Ach * Afferbach * Affinger Ba ...

, 18 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 district of Landshut, in

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. The city owes its name to the river

which runs through Vilsbiburg. As of 2019 Vilsbiburg has 12,203 inhabitants.

Geography

Vilsbiburg lies in the center of

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and is part of the

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. The river Vils runs through the town center. Vilsbiburg is about 55 miles northeast of

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History

10th to 18th Century

The first mention of a village named ''Pipurch'' is found around 1000 AD. In records dating back to 1308, Vilsbiburg is mentioned as a market and also as a town, having a court and municipal powers. In 1648 more than half of the city's population died due to an

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epidemic. In 1760 the administrative office of the

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of Geisenhausen, which was ancillary to the Rentamt of Landshut, was transferred to Vilsbiburg. Henceforth, Vilsbiburg held a market court with its own magistral powers.

19th and 20th Century

In 1803 Vilsbiburg received a section of the

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Teisbach. As a consequence of administrative reform of Bavaria in the Gemeindeedikt von 1818 Vilsbiburg was officially recognized as a municipality. Vilsbiburg officially acquired the status of a town in 1929. On July 1, 1972 the

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of Vilsbiburg was merged into

. The former municipalities of Frauensattling, Gaindorf, Haarbach, Seyboldsdorf and Wolferding became part of the town of Vilsbiburg in 1978.Gemeindeteile der Stadt Vilsbiburg
Homepage of Vilsbiburg. Accessed October 14, 2007.

Mayors

The current mayor is Sibylle Entwistle (SPD), elected in March 2020. Former mayors: *1960–1990: Josef Billinger, SPD *1990–1996: Peter Barteit, SPD *1996–2020: Helmut Haider, Free voters

International relations

Vilsbiburg is twinned with: * Buja,

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, since 2001

Sons and daughters of the town

Florian Gruber Florian Gruber (born 26 January 1983 in Vilsbiburg, Lower Bavaria) is a German auto racing driver. Career Gruber won Division 2 of the German Touring Car Challenge in 2003, in a Volkswagen Lupo.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/6192/career/ Career ...

(born 1983), racing driver * Markus Karl (born 1986), footballer

SV Sandhausen Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. The club's greatest success ...

Gisela Stuart Gisela Stuart, Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (''née'' Gschaider; born 26 November 1955) is a British-German politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1997 to 2017. A former member of the La ...

(born 1955), British MP 1997-2017

References

External links

* (German)
Unofficial website
(German) {{Authority control Landshut (district)