Vilshofen an der Donau is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in the
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
district of
Passau.
Demographics
Religion
The population of Vilshofen is predominantly
Christian. In Vilshofen there is a
Catholic Church
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, a
Protestant
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Church and a
new Apostolic Church. 78.36% self-identify as Catholic, 10.78% as Protestant and 10.86% as belonging to another Christian denomination.
Politics
Results of the 2008 Mayoral Election were as follows:
[Kommunalwahlen 2008, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (2008), accessed 12 November 2008 from http://www.kommunalwahl2008.bayern.de/tabs4275154.html]
Georg Krenn (
CSU) 3973 (53.2%)
Joachim Boiger (
SPD
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Saskia Esken has been t ...
) 935 (12.5%)
Siegfried Piske (
Überparteiliche Wählergemeinschaft) 1039 (13.9%)
Brigitte Pollok-Will (
Freie Wählergemeinschaft) 954 (12.8%)
Johann Brandl (
FDP) 564 (7.6%)
References
External links
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Passau (district)
Populated places on the Danube
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