Vohburg (
Central Bavarian
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: ''Vohbuag an da Doana'') is a town in the
district of Pfaffenhofen, in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It is situated on the right bank of the
Danube
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, 14 km east of
Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt (, Austro-Bavarian: ) is an independent city on the Danube in Upper Bavaria with 139,553 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2022). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan area. Ingolstadt is the second largest city in Upper Ba ...
.
Famous persons
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Bertha of Vohburg Bertha of Vohburg (13th-century), was an Austrian noblewoman and ruling vassal.
She was a de jure lady of Greiz, Hof, Regnitztal, Ronnenburg and Plauen (Austria) in her own right in 1200-1209.
Her father was Margrave of Vohburg. Her mother is n ...
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Diepold III of Vohburg
Diepold III, Margrave of Vohburg (c. 1079 – 1146), also known as Diepold von Vohburg and Diepold III von Giengen, was a Bavarian noble in the 12th century. He had two wives. His daughter with Adelaide of Poland (daughter of Władysław I Herman a ...
References
Pfaffenhofen (district)
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