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Geisenhausen

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Geisenhausen is a municipality with market town status in the district of Landshut, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated about 10 km southeast of Landshut in the valley of the Kleine Vils.

Administrative division

  • Albanstetten
  • Diemannskirchen
  • Hörlkam
  • Hermannskirchen
  • Holzhausen
  • Geisenhausen
  • Salksdorf
  • Johannesbergham
  • Westersbergham
  • Stephansbergham
  • Irlach


History

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

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.

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48°28′N 12°15′E / 48.467°N 12.250°E / 48.467; 12.250

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