Abensberg

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Abensberg
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Coordinates: 48 ° 49 '  N , 11 ° 51'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Lower Bavaria
County : Kelheim
Height : 370 m above sea level NHN
Area : 60.29 km 2
Residents: 13,996 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 232 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 93326
Area code : 09443
License plate : KEH, MAY , PAR , RID, ROL
Community key : 09 2 73 111
LOCODE : DE ABE
City structure: 7 districts

City administration address : 		Stadtplatz 1
93326 Abensberg
Website : www.abensberg.de
First Mayor : Uwe Brandl ( CSU )
Location of the city of Abensberg in the Kelheim district
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Aerial view of the old town
Panorama from the south
City view from the west

Abensberg ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a small town in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim , about 30 kilometers southwest of Regensburg , 40 kilometers east of Ingolstadt , 50 kilometers northwest of Landshut and a good 100 kilometers north of Munich . Audio file / audio sample

geography

location

The city lies on the Abens , a right tributary of the Danube about eight kilometers from its mouth. The area around Abensberg is characterized by the narrow Danube valley near Weltenburg , the Altmühltal in the north and the famous Hallertau hop growing area in the south.

City structure

Since the municipal reform, the city ​​has included the following districts:

The districts are Abensberg, Arnhofen, Holzharlanden, Hörlbach, Offenstetten, Pullach and Sandharlanden .

history

Until the 19th century

The Abensauen area was settled long before the High Middle Ages. There were already settlements near Abensberg in the Neolithic. The Neolithic flint mine of Arnhofen is particularly interesting and of supraregional importance . There, 7,000 years ago, people from the Stone Age mined the coveted flint, also known as flint. This flint was processed into drills, blades and arrowheads and was considered the steel of the Stone Age . In total, more than 20,000 individual shafts in the mine have been identified so far.

City view from the 16th century, drawing by Philipp Apian

The modern history of Abensberg, which was often wrongly equated with the Roman military station Abusina from the 3rd century, begins with Gebhard I, who built Abensberg Castle in the middle of the 12th century and was the first to name himself after Abensberg. The earliest written mention under the name Habensperch comes from this time around 1138 . Gebhard I. came from the house of the Lords of Ratzenhofen, who in turn were relatives of the Counts of Ebersberg. His wife Sophie von Mengkofen came from the Babonen clan . In 1256 a castrum Abensperch was first mentioned in a document.

Duke Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg and his brother Duke Stephan of Bavaria confirmed the town charter of Abensberg on June 12, 1348. Now the Abensbergers could exercise lower jurisdiction, had the right to surround themselves with a wall, and were allowed to hold markets. Therefore, Ulrich III. build a city wall from Abensberg . Allegedly, the wall had 32 round towers and eight corner towers in honor of Babo's father, who was forty times over, some of which are still preserved today or have been restored (see picture). In the medieval town of Abensberg, the citizens enjoyed a certain degree of autonomy from their lord of the castle. They appointed a city council, whereby only a few wealthy families were able to advise. Around 1390, Count Johannes II. Von Abensberg and his wife Agnes founded the Carmelite Monastery of Our Lady .

Abensberg landmark: Maderturm

Although it was independent, Abensberg was always dependent on the powerful Bavarian dukes. The last Herr von Abensberg , Niklas , supposedly named after his godfather Nikolaus von Kues , was killed by Duke Christoph in 1485. Niklas had - years before - captured Christoph in a non-knightly way in Munich in the bath before a tournament. Although Christoph had sworn off revenge, he lay in wait for Niklas von Abensberg near Freising. After Niklas had already surrendered, Seitz von Frauenberg killed him. He is buried in the former Carmelite monastery in Abensberg. The Abensberg rule lost its independence and became part of Bavaria. From then on, the city was administered by a ducal official, the so-called nurse.

Remains of Abensberg Castle

The castle Abensberg was in the War Thirty Years destroyed, although the Abensberger the Swedish General Wrangel had bought a protection plan. A baroque new building was later built on the ruins.

Aventinus (1477–1534) is the most famous son of the city of Abensberg. He is considered the founder of scientific Bavarian historiography. Aventinus, whose real name was Johann or Johannes Turmair, created the first large German-language popular history book and received late recognition through its inclusion in the Munich Hall of Fame and the Walhalla near Regensburg. During the time of the Austrian occupation during the War of the Spanish Succession , Emperor Leopold enfeoffed the "Count Ehrenreich von Abensperg and Traun" , an Austrian descendant of the Abensberg Babones, with the Abensberg lordship, so that the Abensberg county came to life for a short time. Before 1802 Abensberg was a maintenance office and belonged to the Straubing Rent Office of the Electorate of Bavaria. Abensberg had a city court with its own magistrate rights.

From 1808

In 1808 the Abensberg district court was assigned to the Regenkreis . In the Battle of Abensberg from April 19-20, 1809, Napoleon, to whom the allied Bavarians were subordinate, defeated the Austrian troops under Lieutenant Field Marshal Baron Hiller . In 1838 the district courts and Abensberg Kelheim to come Lower Bavaria , which until then lower Danube Circle said. On August 8, 1857, 17 southern communities were assigned to the Mainburg district court . In 1862 the remains of the Abensberg Regional Court were merged with the Rottenburg District Office . Together with the industrial neighboring town of Neustadt adDonau , Abensberg was upgraded to a joint middle center in December 1993 .

Incorporations

Aunkofen has belonged to Abensberg since 1939. On January 1, 1972, the previously independent communities of Arnhofen, Holzharlanden and Sandharlanden were incorporated. Pullach was added on July 1, 1972. Hörlbach followed on April 1, 1975. The larger part of the dissolved community of Offenstetten was added on May 1, 1978.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the population increased from 9,685 to 13,946 by 4,261 inhabitants or 44%.

politics

mayor

Uwe Brandl (CSU) has been mayor since 1993 . He is President of the Bavarian Municipal Association and President of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities.

City council

The local elections on March 15, 2020 led to the following result for the composition of the city council:

Party / list Share of votes Seats
Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) 24.4% 6th
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 15.05% 3
Alliance 90 / The Greens (Greens) 10.99% 3
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 6.8% 2
Land voter Offenstetten (LWO) 12.74% 3
Community of voters Sandharl.-Holzharl. (WSH) 9.47% 2
Free voters Abensberg (FWA) 8.19% 2
Active citizens of Abensberg (ABBA) 6.4% 1
Young List Abensberg (JL) 6.18% 1
Independent group of voters Abensberg-Land (UWL) 2.73% 1
Citizens List Pullach (BLP) 3.41% 1

Town twinning

Abensberg maintains city partnerships with

coat of arms

The coat of arms is split, in front the Bavarian diamonds, in the back diagonally divided by silver and black, on the whole covered with two diagonally crossed silver swords with gold handles.

The place had a coat of arms since 1338, namely that of the Counts of Abensberg . With the death of the last of them, Niclas von Abensberg , in 1485, the property fell to the Duchy of Bavaria-Munich , so that from then on only the Bavarian coat of arms was used in Abensberg.

On December 31, 1809, the city was given a new coat of arms by decree from King Maximilian I Joseph , in recognition of its (mainly humanitarian and logistical) services following the Battle of Abensberg in the same year. The obliquely divided field in silver and black came from the old coat of arms of those of Abensberg, the white and blue diamonds that of the Wittelsbachers . The swords recall the battle of Abensberg.

Offenstetten, today a district of Abensberg, used to have its own coat of arms.

Economy and Infrastructure

The area around Abensberg, the so-called sand belt between Siegenburg , Neustadt an der Donau , Abensberg and Langquaid , is used intensively for the cultivation of asparagus because of the optimal soil and climatic conditions , 94 farms produce the vegetables on 212 hectares of cultivation area (as of 2004) . Abensberger asparagus enjoys the reputation of a special delicacy among connoisseurs. In addition to asparagus, hop cultivation also plays a major role (separate seal district). There are still three private breweries - the Kuchlbauer brewery , the Hofbräu Abensberg and the Ottenbräu brewery . Abensberg is the starting point of the German Hop Route . There were a total of 1,998 employees at the workplace in agriculture and forestry, 1,674 in manufacturing and 825 in trade and transport. In other economic sectors, 1289 people were employed at the place of work. There were a total of 4,020 employees at the place of residence. There were 12 companies in manufacturing, mining and quarrying, and 18 in construction. In addition, in 1999 there were 118 farms with an agricultural area of ​​3,059 hectares. Of this, 2,599 hectares were arable land and 361 hectares were permanent green space.

traffic

Abensberg station is on the Regensburg – Ingolstadt railway line . The city can be reached by car via the A 93 Holledau - Regensburg (Abensberg exit). The federal highways B 16 , B 299 and B 301 intersect south of Abensberg .

Public facilities

University

In June 2015 Abensberg was awarded the decentralized Bachelor's degree in Social Work . The city will thus become the external location of OTH Regensburg .

Offices

education

  • Kindergarten: 330 kindergarten places with 441 children
  • In the two primary schools, a total of 579 students were taught by 32 teachers in the 2018/2019 school year; in the Aventinus Middle School Abensberg there were 328 students and 32 full-time teachers.
  • Johann-Turmair-Realschule with 851 students and 60 full-time teachers (status: school year 2018/2019)
  • Community College
  • Cabrini School Offenstetten: Support center with a focus on intellectual development
  • Prälat-Michael-Thaller-Schule: Special educational support center
  • St. Francis vocational training center
  • Agricultural school

From 2007 to 2014 the Kelheim State Vocational School had a branch in Abensberg.

societies

  • Abensberg Volunteer Fire Brigade
  • Offenstetten volunteer fire department
  • FSV Sandharlanden
  • Royally privileged Abensberg fire protection company
  • MSC Abensberg
  • Stopselclub 1860 / Bavaria from Abensberg
  • TSV Offenstetten
  • TSV Abensberg The judo department of TSV Abensberg is the most successful judo department in Germany and one of the most successful internationally. In 1976 he was promoted to the Bundesliga. From 1991 20 championship titles followed, three German vice team championships and seven European Cup victories. Several Olympic medalists fought or are fighting for TSV, including Ole Bischof .

Leisure and sports facilities

  • Abensberg tennis club
  • Abensberg outdoor swimming pool
  • Abensberg indoor swimming pool
  • Abensberg sports club
  • Speedway track (speedway race every Whit Monday )
  • Shooting range of the Abensberg rifle club

Culture and sights

theatre

An old goods shed at the Abensberg train station was converted into the "Theater at the train station", mainly on a voluntary basis. This theater, which is mainly used by the stage fright theater group , opened on October 19, 2008.

Museums

The Abensberg City Museum

Abensberg has a long museum tradition. Nikolaus Stark and Peter Paul Dollinger founded a local historical collection as early as the 19th century. This municipal collection and the collection of the Heimatverein were combined to form the Aventinus Museum in 1963 . It was located in the cloister of the former Carmelite monastery. On July 7, 2006, the new Abensberg City Museum was opened in the Herzogskasten .

The KunstHausAbensberg opened in June 2014. On 280 square meters, which extend over twelve levels, the life and work of the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser is presented in numerous exhibits. The shapes and colors typical of Hundertwasser can also be found in the architecture of the KunstHausAbensberg, planned by Peter Pelikan . The most striking is the leaning tower of the building.

Buildings

nature

  • Historical old city

  • Parish church

  • Monastery church

  • Protestant church

  • Town square with town hall

  • Regensburg Gate

  • Maderturm

  • Zollhäusl

  • Kuchlbauer tower

  • KunstHausAbensberg

  • City parish church of St. Barbara

Disappeared memorial stone

In Abensberg and the surrounding villages there were graves of concentration camp prisoners from a death march from the subcamps Hersbruck and Saal a until the 1950s . d. D. of the Dachau concentration camp , who were murdered by SS men in the spring of 1945 or died of exhaustion. They were initially buried at the place of death, later buried in the cemeteries of the respective places by order of the US military government. There was a memorial stone on the cemetery in today's Pullach district , which was mentioned in 1967, but is no longer there today. It was a reminder of the suffering of ten unknown concentration camp prisoners.

Regular events

  • The Abensberg event year begins in February with the carnival gillamoss , which reaches its first climax on Nonsensical Thursday.
  • This is followed by the spring market , a Sunday shopping two weeks before Easter .
  • Motorsport fans get their money's worth at the speedway race (always on Whit Monday , for example ).
  • At the citizens' festival on the first weekend in July, the castle garden with its old walls is transformed into a medieval warehouse.
  • The Castle Garden Festival takes place every year at the beginning of August. It has been organized by the Junge Union since 1977 and attracts all age groups from Abensberg and the surrounding area.
  • On the second Saturday in August, open shops with the night market invite you to stroll through the mild summer night.
  • The Gillamoos , the oldest and largest fair in Hallertau, opens its doors from the Thursday before the first Sunday in September until the Monday after. It represents the high point of the year in Abensberg and is a festival for the people of Abensberg and the surrounding area.
  • The autumn market , a Sunday shopping, takes place on the first weekend in October.
  • An autumn series of events called Novembernebel has been taking place since 1997, in which culture, art, music and entertainment are presented at various locations in Abensberg
  • To the Niklas donation, a medieval foundation for the poor, reminiscent Niklas market (always around the St. Nicholas Day on December 6)

Fair trade city

Due to the great local commitment to fair trade , Abensberg was awarded the title of Fair Trade City on May 20, 2010 as the third city in Bavaria .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who have worked on site

literature

  • Adam Rottler Rev. i. R .: Abensberg through the ages. Self-published, Abensberg 1972.
  • Peter Dollinger and Nicolaus Stark (eds.): Document book on the history of the city of Abensberg . Landshut 1867. ( E-copy ).
  • Peter Dollinger and Nicolaus Stark (eds.): The counts and imperial lords of Abensberg . Landshut 1869. ( E-copy ).
  • Franz Tyroller:  Abensberg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 17 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Abensberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Abensberg  - travel guide
Wikisource: Abensperg in the Topographia Bavariae (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. ↑ Mayor. City of Abensberg, accessed on May 9, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Adam Rottler, pp. 24–27 u. 353
  4. ^ Heinrich Gottfried Gengler: Regesta and documents on the constitutional and legal history of German cities in the Middle Ages , Erlangen 1863, p. 16 ; see also pp. 959-960 .
  5. ^ Adam Rottler, p. 224
  6. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 493 .
  7. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 610 and 611 .
  8. ↑ Election of the City Council City of Abensberg March 15, 2020
  9. ↑ Abensberg website: Sister cities
  10. ↑ Saint Gilles and Abensberg are now twin cities on www.abensberg.de
  11. ↑ Abensberg becomes university location Mittelbayerische Zeitung online, June 16, 2015
  12. ↑ Aventinus Primary School Abensberg in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on November 4, 2019.
  13. ↑ Offenstetten primary school in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on November 4, 2019.
  14. ↑ Aventinus-Mittelschule Abensberg in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on November 4, 2019.
  15. ^ Johann-Turmair-Realschule Staatliche Realschule Abensberg in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on November 4, 2019.
  16. ^ Abensberg Agricultural School in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture
  17. ↑ http://www.feuerwehr-abensberg.de/
  18. ↑ https://www.tz.de/sport/fussball/stopselclub-abensberg-traegt-bayern-sechzig-herzen-brust-6494197.html
  19. ^ Website KunstHausAbensberg
  20. ↑ Press report on the opening of the KunstHausAbensberg
  21. ↑ Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation. Volume 1. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0 , p. 112.
  22. ↑ First Fairtrade city in Lower Bavaria ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on www.fairtrade-deutschland.de
  23. ^ German list of cities on the fair trade campaign page
  24. ↑ sportpreis.bayern.de: Winner of the Bavarian Sports Prize