Landshut

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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.

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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.

Businesses in Landshut

Twinnings

Sites of interest

Theatres

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

Cinemas

Museum

  • Skulpturenmuseum im Hofberg (Sculptural Museum in Hofberg)

Persons

Honorary citizens

External links


Cities and rural districts in the
Free State of Bavaria in Germany

Cities

Amberg | Ansbach | Aschaffenburg | Augsburg | Bamberg | Bayreuth | Coburg | Erlangen | Fürth | Hof | Ingolstadt | Kaufbeuren | Kempten | Landshut | Memmingen | München (Munich) | Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | Passau | Regensburg | Rosenheim | Schwabach | Schweinfurt | Straubing | Weiden in der Oberpfalz | Würzburg

Rural
districts

Aichach-Friedberg | Altötting | Amberg-Sulzbach | Ansbach (district) | Aschaffenburg | Augsburg | Bad Kissingen
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen | Bamberg | Bayreuth | Berchtesgadener Land | Cham | Coburg | Dachau | Deggendorf | Dillingen
Dingolfing-Landau | Donau-Ries | Ebersberg | Eichstätt | Erding | Erlangen-Höchstadt | Forchheim | Freising | Freyung-Grafenau
Fürstenfeldbruck | Fürth | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Günzburg | Haßberge | Hof | Kelheim | Kitzingen | Kronach | Kulmbach
Landsberg | Landshut | Lichtenfels | Lindau | Main-Spessart | Miesbach | Miltenberg | Mühldorf | München (Munich)
Neuburg-Schrobenhausen | Neumarkt | Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim | Neustadt (Waldnaab) | Neu-Ulm | Nürnberger Land
Oberallgäu | Ostallgäu | Passau | Pfaffenhofen | Regen | Regensburg (district) | Rhön-Grabfeld | Rosenheim (district) | Roth
Rottal-Inn | Schwandorf | Schweinfurt | Starnberg | Straubing-Bogen | Tirschenreuth | Traunstein
Unterallgäu | Weilheim-Schongau | Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen | Wunsiedel | Würzburg


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