Eggenfelden (;

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: ''Eggenfejdn'') is a municipality in the district of Rottal-Inn in

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Geography

Geographical location

Eggenfelden is located in the valley of the Rott at the intersection of B 20 with the B 388 and the beginning of the B 588. The city has two railway stations on the railway Passau - Neumarkt - Sankt Veit as well as an airfield ( airfield Eggenfelden). Eggenfelden is located about 56 km southeast of Landshut, 60 km south of Straubing, 70 km south-west of Passau, 84 kilometers north of

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and 110 kilometers east of

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Communal

The municipality Eggenfelden has 119 officially named Stadtteile: * Afuswimm * Aichner * Aign * Altenburg * Anzengrub * Asbach * Au * Axöd * Axöd-Siedlung * Bachkampel *

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* Bruck * Bruckhäuser *

Buchner Buchner is a German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: * Andreas Buchner (1776–1854), German historian * Annemarie Buchner (1924-2014), German Olympian * August Buchner (1591–1661), German influential Baroque po ...

* Dietraching * Drittenbrei * Dürrwimm * Eder vorm Wald * Edmertsee * Eggenfelden * Falterer * Fäustlinger * Fraunhofen * Freiung * Fuchsberg * Fuchsmühle * Fußöd * Gaisberg * Gall * Gern * Gfürt * Giglberg * Gras * Gschwend * Hänghub * Hartlwimm *

Haus Haus is a Germanic word meaning ''house''. It may refer to: People * Anton Haus (1851–1917), Austrian grand admiral, fleet commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in World War I * Georg Haus (1895–1945), German general * Hermann A. ...

* Heckengrub * Hetzenberg * Hinterhöll * Hochwimm * Höll * Holzbruck * Holzhäuseln * Holzkeller * Holzner * Holzschachten * Hub * Kagern * Kampelsberg * Kaspersbach * Kastenberg * Käufl * Kirchberg * Kleeham * Kleingmain * Klohub * Kollersberg * Königsöd * Kreuzöd * Kronwitt * Lauterbach *

Lichtenberg Lichtenberg () is the eleventh borough of Berlin, Germany. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it absorbed the former borough of Hohenschönhausen. Overview The district contains the Tierpark Berlin in Friedrichsfelde, the larger of Berlin ...

* Lichtlberg * Lindhof * Loh * Luderfing * Lug * Maißling * Mitterhof * Mitterpirsting * Moosham * Neustatt * Niederndorf * Oberkampel * Oberkirchberg * Oberpirsting * Oberthal * Oberzeiling * Peterskirchen * Pirsting * Pischelsberg * Pollersbach * Prühmühle *

Reiter ''Reiter'' or ''Schwarze Reiter'' ("black riders", anglicized ''swart reiters'') were a type of cavalry in 16th to 17th century Central Europe including Holy Roman Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia, and others. ...

* Reiter am Wald *

Rinn Rinn is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 6 km southeast of Innsbruck. The village was mentioned in documents as “Runne” in 1250 for the first time. Population Climate Climate typ ...

* Rott * Rott am Wald * Rottmühle * Rushäusl * Sandtner * Sankt Sebastian * Simonsöd * Spanberg * Sperwies * Stock * Straß I * Straß II * Straßhäuseln * Stumsöd * Taschnerhof *

Thal Thal may refer to: Places * Thal, Lower Austria, Austria * Thal, Styria, Austria * Thal, Ruhla, Germany * Thal, Uttarakhand, Didihat district, India * Thal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan ** Thal railway station * Thal, St. Gallen, Switzerla ...

* Tiefstadt * Untereschlbach * Unterkampel * Untermaisbach * Unterpirsting * Unterthal * Unterzeiling * Vorderhöll * Weg * Weilberg * Weilberg-Siedlung * Weinberg * Wimm * Wolfsberg * Zainach * Zellhub

Mayors

* 1946–1948: Lorenz Fichtner, SPD * 1948–1960: Lorenz Bachmeier, CSU * 1960–1990: Hans Kreck, SPD * 1990–2002: Karl Riedler, SPD * 2002–2014: Werner Schießl, FWG * 2014–2020: Wolfgang Grubwinkler, UWG * since 2020: Martin Biber, CSU Rathaus Eggenfelden

Notable people

*The ski mountaineer Konrad Lex was born in Eggenfelden. *The German pop-singer and actor Daniel Küblböck who achieved short-lived celebrity in 2003, in the first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS), the German version of Pop Idol, in which he came third, was born outside of Eggenfelden and lived here until his breakthrough.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

Albert Hahl Dr. Albert Hahl (1868, Gern - 1945) was a German colonial administrator. In 1897, he was acting Landeshauptmann of the German New Guinea Company and from 1902 to December 1917, was Governor of German New Guinea. In 1903 he founded the town of R ...

(1868-1945), German colonial officer and governor of German-New Guinea * Richard Schimpf (1897-1972), officer of the German Army, the Reichswehr, the Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr (last rank major general) * Friedrich Müller (born 1938), legal scientist and author * Joseph Vogl (born 1957), literary and media scientist *

Katrin Garfoot Katrin Garfoot (born 8 October 1981) is a German-born Australian former cyclist who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the road time trial. She started cycle racing in 2011, three years after moving to Australia, having previo ...

(born 1981), Australian cyclist * Barbara Lechner (born 1982), shooting sports woman

Other people related to Eggenfelden

* Fritz Wiedemann (1891-1970), German

officer An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French ''oficier'' "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French ''officier''), from Medieval Latin ''officiarius'' "an officer," f ...

, adjutant of Adolf Hitler and diplomat * Daniel Küblböck (born 1985), DSDS participant and singer

References

External links

Official Site
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