Obergangkofen

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Obergangkofen
municipality Kumhausen
Coordinates: 48 ° 29 ′ 17 ″  N , 12 ° 11 ′ 17 ″  E
Incorporation : 1st January 1971
Postal code : 84036
Area code : 08743
The parish church of St. Ulrich
The parish church of St. Ulrich

Obergangkofen is a district of the municipality of Kumhausen in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut . Until 1971 it formed an independent municipality.

Obergangkofen as seen from Weickmannshöhe in Landshut - Berg .

location

Obergangkofen is located about three kilometers southeast of Kumhausen in the Isar-Inn hill country .

history

Gaunchofen or Gänkhofen is first referred to as Hofmark in a document from 1422 . The place was in the year 1556 in the rule Geisenhausen . The owners of Hofmark Obergangkofen changed frequently. From the Hofmark, the Patrimonial Court, 2nd class, Obergangkofen emerged.

The municipality of Obergangkofen was created in 1813 from the tax district of the same name . It belonged to the regional court , district office and finally to the Landshut district. On January 1, 1971, as part of the regional reform in Bavaria, the municipality of Obergangkofen was incorporated into the new municipality of Kumhausen . In 1987 Obergangkofen had 385 inhabitants. In 2011 the district had around 570 inhabitants.

Attractions

  • Parish Church of St. Ulrich. The nave of the late Gothic building from the second half of the 15th century was changed to Baroque style in the middle of the 18th century.

education and parenting

  • Catholic kindergarten in Obergangkofen
  • Intensive educational children's living group "Stahlederhaus"

societies

literature

  • Susanne Margarethe Herleth-Krentz: The district court Erding (= historical atlas of Bavaria : part of old Bavaria, issue 58). Commission for Bavarian State History, 1997

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CITY POPULATION: OBERGANGKOFEN. Retrieved August 1, 2018 .