Vilgertshofen (hamlet)
Vilgertshofen
Vilgertshofen municipality
Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 4 " N , 10 ° 55 ′ 8" E
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Height : | 712 m above sea level NHN |
Residents : | 121 (May 25 1987) |
Postal code : | 86946 |
Area code : | 08194 |
Pilgrimage church to Our Lady of Sorrows
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Vilgertshofen is the eponymous district of the municipality of Vilgertshofen in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech .
geography
The hamlet of Vilgertshofen is about two kilometers south of Stadl .
history
Vilgertshofen is first mentioned in 1270 as Vilgvnchoven , the place name comes from the personal name Viligund.
The hamlet belonged to the Landsberg district court and the Wessobrunn monastery courtyard , and in 1752 four properties are mentioned.
Attractions
In Vilgertshofen there is the branch and pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Sorrows , consecrated in 1692 , an important building of the South German Baroque .
See also: List of architectural monuments in Vilgertshofen
District retirement home
Also in the hamlet is the district senior citizens' home of the Landsberg am Lech district.
Web links
- Vilgertshofen in the location database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Pankraz Fried, Peter Fassl: From Swabia and Altbayern . Thorbecke, 1991, ISBN 978-3-7995-7073-2 , pp. 131 .
- ↑ Pankraz Fried: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . tape 22-23 . Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich 1971, p. 186 .
- ↑ A warm welcome to the Vilgertshofen district orphanage. Retrieved January 16, 2019 .