Landshut

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For Landshut in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland, see Landshut, Switzerland. Landshut was also the name of an Lufthansa airplane hijacked by the Red Army Faction, see Landshut.

Template:Infobox Town DE Image:LandshutGermany.jpg Landshut is a city in Bavaria, Germany, the capital of the Niederbayern region. Its 800th anniversary was celebrated in 2004. It is located at the Isar river. Population 60.156 (2003), geographical location Template:Coor dm. Landshut is accessed by the A92 autobahn.

1 History
2 Businesses in Landshut
3 Twinnings
4 Sites of interest
5 Persons
- 5.1 Honorary citizens
6 External links

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History

The city of Landshut and Trausnitz castle were founded in 1204 by Duke Louis I. Already in 1231 Landshut became a Wittelsbach residence and in 1255 when the duchy of Bavaria was split in two Landshut became also the capital of Lower Bavaria. Duke Henry XVI was the first of the three famous rich dukes, who reigned Bayern-Landshut in the 15th century. The wedding of duke George with the Polish princess royal Jadwiga Jagiellon in 1475 was celebrated in Landshut with one of the most splendid festivals of the Middle Age (called "Landshuter hochzeit"). After his death and a short war of succession Lower-Bavaria Landshut was reunited with Bavaria-Munich. Louis X, Duke of Bavaria built the Landshut residence 1537-1543 and William V, Duke of Bavaria ordered to upgrade Trausnitz castle from a gothic fortification into a renaissance complex.

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Businesses in Landshut

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Twinnings

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Sites of interest

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Theatres

Stadttheater (city theatre)
kleines theater - KAMMERSPIELE LANDSHUT [1] (in German)
Theater Nikola

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Cinemas

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Museum

Skulpturenmuseum im Hofberg (Sculptural Museum in Hofberg)

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Persons

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Honorary citizens

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External links

http://www.landshut.de - Official website
In German:
Map and aerial photos
- Street map from Mapquest or Google
- Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver

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