Geisenhausen

Geschichte

Geisenhausen is a municipality with market town status in the district of Landshut, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 14 km southeast of Landshut in the valley of the Kleine Vils.HistoryGeisenhausen was first mentioned in a document in 980 and received market rights in 1393.Administrative divisionAlbanstettenDiemannskirchenHörlkamHermannskirchenHolzhausenGeisenhausenSalksdorfJohannesberghamWestersberghamStephansberghamIrlachSightsThe 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.InfrastructureGeisenhausen is linked with the rail system of the Deutsche Bahn. The Bundesstraße 299, an important road, bypasses the market town.Periodic eventsRosenmontagszug (Rose Monday Parade) of the carnival club TollemogeiFarmers' marketFair of the Bürger- und Gewerbeverein (citizens and business association) at the weekend of WhitsunFamous citizens Günter Eich (1907-1972), writer Martin Flörchinger (1909–2004), actor Thomas Schmid (1960), writer Johannes Schmid (1973), stage director