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Landsberg

Map of Bavaria highlighting the district of Landsberg
State Bavaria
Adm. region Oberbayern
Region Munich
District seat Landsberg
Area 804 km²
Population 105,900 (2000)
Pop. density 132 /km²
Licence plate code LL
Web page landkreis-landsberg.de

Landsberg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states ( ''Bundesländer'') Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south of Bavaria around the city of Munich Landsberg am Lech is a town in southwest Bavaria, Germany, about 65 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Aichach-Friedberg, Fürstenfeldbruck, Starnberg, Weilheim-Schongau, Ostallgäu and Augsburg. Aichach-Friedberg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise the districts of Augsburg, Donau-Ries Fürstenfeldbruck is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise the city of Munich and the districts of Munich Starnberg is a Kreis (district in the southern part of Bavaria, Germany. Weilheim-Schongau is a Kreis (district in the south of Bavaria, Germany. Ostallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise the districts of Oberallgäu, Unterallgäu, Augsburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise the city of Augsburg and the districts of Aichach-Friedberg

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History

In 1180 the lands east of the Lech river fell to the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria; the lands on the western bank were acquired about 1315. The Wittelsbach family is a European Royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria.

The district of Landsberg was established in 1938 as the successor of another entity (Bezirksamt) of the same name. In the administrative reform of 1972 the district received its present shape.

The area surrounding the district of Landsberg contained many concentration camps, in the final stages of World War II. The eleven "Kaufering camps," located in the general area of Landsberg and Kaufering, are said to have been far worse than other "well known" camps, such as Dachau. Mortality rates were much higher and conditions deplorable. More than 30,000 died at Dachau, in twelve years of operation. 14,500 died in the Kaufering camps, in just ten months. [1]

Geography

The district is situated on both sides of the Lech river. The Ammersee, one of the largest lakes of Germany (47 km), is located in the east of the district. Ammersee is a Lake in Upper Bavaria, Germany located southwest of Munich between the towns of Herrsching and Dießen am Ammersee

Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms displays:
  • the blue and white checked pattern of Bavaria
  • the eagle was the heraldic animal of the county of Dießen-Andechs, which possessed the lands east of the Lech river before the 12th century
  • the lion stands for Henry the Lion, who was the founder of the city of Landsberg

Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. Landsberg am Lech
  1. Apfeldorf
  2. Denklingen
  3. Dießen am Ammersee
  4. Eching am Ammersee
  5. Egling an der Paar
  6. Eresing
  7. Finning
  8. Fuchstal
  9. Geltendorf
  10. Greifenberg
  11. Hofstetten
  12. Hurlach
  13. Igling
  14. Kaufering
  15. Kinsau
  1. Obermeitingen
  2. Penzing
  3. Prittriching
  4. Pürgen
  5. Reichling
  6. Rott
  7. Scheuring
  8. Schondorf
  9. Schwifting
  10. Thaining
  11. Unterdießen
  12. Utting
  13. Vilgertshofen
  14. Weil
  15. Windach

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