Geisenhausen

Municipality in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Geisenhausen within Landshut district

(2020–26) Josef Reff^[1] (FW)Area

• Total62.54 km² (24.15 sq mi)Elevation

460 m (1,510 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total7,464 • Density120/km² (310/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

84144

Dialling codes08743Vehicle registrationLAWebsitewww.geisenhausen.de

Geisenhausen is a municipality with market town status in the district of Landshut, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 14 km southeast of Landshut in the valley of the Kleine Vils.

History

Geisenhausen was first mentioned in a document in 980 and received market rights in 1393.

Administrative division

Albanstetten
Diemannskirchen
Hörlkam
Hermannskirchen
Holzhausen
Geisenhausen
Salksdorf
Johannesbergham
Westersbergham
Stephansbergham
Irlach

Sights

The parish church St. Martin from the second half of the 15th century is a brick building in gothic style similar to its larger namesake in Landshut. Historic middle-class houses line part of market square and main road. The church of St. Theobald was a destiny of pilgrimages from about 1390 to 1790.

Infrastructure

Geisenhausen is linked with the rail system of the Deutsche Bahn. The Bundesstraße 299, an important road, bypasses the market town.

Periodic events

Rosenmontagszug (Rose Monday Parade) of the carnival club Tollemogei
Farmers' market
Fair of the Bürger- und Gewerbeverein (citizens and business association) at the weekend of Whitsun

Famous citizens

Burkhard, Margrave of Austria (ca. 926–ca. 981), Earl of Geisenhausen
Henry I (bishop of Augsburg) (died 14 July 982 Battle of Stilo), Earl of Geisenhausen
Günter Eich (1907–1972), writer
Martin Flörchinger (1909–2004), actor^[3]
Thomas Schmid (1960), writer
Johannes Schmid (1973), stage director

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
^ Haberlik, Christina (2008). Das Münchner Ensemble um Dieter Dorn. Henschel. p. 59. ISBN 9783894876081.