Landsberg am Lech

Landsberg am Lech (Landsberg at the Lech) is a town in southwest Bavaria, Germany, about 65 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Landsberg am Lech.

Landsberg am Lech
Town
The Lech in Landsberg
The Lech in Landsberg
Coat of arms of Landsberg am Lech
Coat of arms
Location of Landsberg am Lech within Landsberg am Lech district
Landsberg am Lech is located in Germany
Landsberg am Lech
Landsberg am Lech
Landsberg am Lech is located in Bavaria
Landsberg am Lech
Landsberg am Lech
Coordinates: 48°02′52″N 10°53′56″E
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionOberbayern
DistrictLandsberg am Lech
Subdivisions6 Ortsteile
Government
 • Lord mayor (2020–26) Doris Baumgartl[1]
Area
 • Total57.89 km2 (22.35 sq mi)
Highest elevation
630 m (2,070 ft)
Lowest elevation
585 m (1,919 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total29,551
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
86899
Dialling codes08191, 08246 (Ellighofen)
Vehicle registrationLL
Websitewww.landsberg.de

Geography
The historic old town
Bayertor, the gate to Munich

Landsberg is on the Romantic Road and is the center of the Lechrain region, the boundary region between Swabia and Bavaria. It is noted for its historic center.

Notable people
  • Lanspergius (1489–1539), Carthusian monk and ascetical writer
  • Ignaz Kögler (1680–1746), Jesuit missionary and mathematician
  • Dominikus Zimmermann (1685–1766), architect
  • Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849–1914), artist, film and theatre director
  • Alois Wolfmüller (1864–1948), inventor and aeronautical engineer
  • Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876–1956), World War II field marshal and war criminal
  • George Remus (1878–1952), attorney and famed bootlegger during U.S. Prohibition
  • Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), dictator (was in prison in Landsberg 1923/24)
  • Luise Rinser (1911–2002), writer and politician
  • Johnny Cash (1932–2003), American singer/songwriter stationed here in the early 1950s while serving in the U.S. Air Force
  • Siegfried Rauch (1932–2018), actor
  • Samuel Bak (born 1933), painter and writer
  • Anton Posset (1941–2015), holocaust researcher and founder of the European Holocaust Memorial located in Landsberg
  • Erwin Neher (born 1944), biologist
  • Julian Nagelsmann (born 1987), football manager
  • Michael Unterbuchner (born 1988), darts player

Twin towns – sister cities

Landsberg am Lech is twinned with:[3]

Sports

Landsberg is home to the following sports clubs:

Club Sport League Established
TSV Landsberg Football Landesliga Bayern 1882
Landsberg Riverkings Ice hockey Regionalliga (Bayernliga) 2008
Landsberg X-PRESS American football Regionalliga Süd 2007
DJK Landsberg Basketball Regionalliga 1956
Jahn Landsberg Football A-Klasse Oberbayern 1923
Türkspor Landsberg Football A-Klasse Oberbayern --
Landsberg Cruisaders Baseball Bezirksliga Bayern 2003
Landsberg Kodiacs Softball Landesliga Bayern 2009
Landsberg BB-Dance Camp Dance Boogie Woogie Dance Festival 1987

Sources
  • Burgett, Daniel R. (2001). Beyond the Rhine. New York: Dell Publishing. pp. 119–134.
  • Thomas Raithel, Die Strafanstalt Landsberg am Lech und der Spöttinger Friedhof (1944-1958). Eine Dokumentation im Auftrag des Instituts für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin (München: Oldenbourg 2009).

References
  1. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
  2. Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) .
  3. "Partnerstädte". landsberg.de (in German). Landsberg am Lech. Retrieved 2021-02-18.

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