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22-758: The town lies on the Abens river, a tributary of the Danube , around eight kilometres from the river's source. The area around Abensberg is characterized by the narrow valley of the Danube, where the Weltenburg Abbey stands, the valley of the Altmühl in the north, a left tributary of the Danube, and the famous Hallertau hops-planting region in the south. The town is divided into the municipalities of Abensberg, Arnhofen, Holzharlanden, Hörlbach, Offenstetten, Pullach and Sandharland. Since

44-524: A reputation among connoisseurs as a particular delicacy. In addition to asparagus, the production of hops plays a major role locally, the region having its own label, and there are still three independent breweries in the area. The town of Abensberg marks the start of the Deutsche Hopfenstraße ( German Hops Road ), a nickname given to the Bundesstraße 301, a German federal highway which runs through

66-600: Is the city's most famous son, the founder of the study of history in Bavaria. Aventinus, whose name was real name is Johann or Johannes Turmair ( Aventinus being the Latin name of his birthplace) wrote the Annals of Bavaria , a valuable record of the early history of Germany and the first major written work on the subject. He is commemorated in the Walhalla temple , a monument near Regensburg to

88-577: The House of Wittelsbach , the rulers of Bavaria. The swords recall the Battle of Abensberg. The district of Offenstetten previously possessed its own coat of arms. The area around Abensberg, the so-called sand belt between Siegburg , Neustadt an der Donau , Abensberg and Langquaid , is used for the intensive farming of asparagus , due to the optimal soil condition and climate. 212 hectares of land can produce ninety-four asparagus plants. Abensberg asparagus enjoys

110-599: The 1950s, Abensberg and the surrounding villages contained a number of graves of victims of a Death March in the spring of 1945 from the Hersbruck sub-camp of the Dachau concentration camp , who were either murdered by the SS or died of exhaustion. They were originally buried where they died, but were later moved on the orders of the US military government to the cemeteries of their previous homes. At

132-558: The Bavarian coat of arms was ever used. On 31 December 1809, a decree of King Maximilian of Bavaria granted the city a new coat of arms, as a recognition of their (mainly humanitarian and logistic) services in the Battle of Abensberg the same year. The diagonally divided field in silver and black came from the old crest of the Counts of Abensberg, while the white and blue diamonds came from that of

154-485: The Danube at Eining, part of Neustadt an der Donau . This Kelheim district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Freising district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Bavaria is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Walhalla temple Too Many Requests If you report this error to

176-690: The Johann-Turmair- Realschule (secondary modern school). There is also a College of Agriculture and Home Economics. Since 2007, the Kelheim Berufsschule has had a campus in Abensberg, and outside the state sector is the St. Francis Vocational Training Centre, run by a Catholic youth organisation. In 2008, a former goods shed by the main railway station of Abensberg was converted into a theatre by local volunteers. The "Theater am Bahnhof" ( Theatre at

198-649: The Railway Station ) is mostly used by the Theatergruppe Lampenfieber and was opened on 19 October 2008. Abensberg has a long tradition of museums. In the nineteenth century, Nicholas Stark und Peter Paul Dollinger began a collection based on local history. This collection and the collection of the Heimatverein (local history society) were united in 1963 into the Aventinus Museum, in the cloister of

220-612: The Swedish general, Carl Gustaf Wrangel . During the War of the Spanish Succession emperor Leopold I , who had occupied Bavaria, granted the fief of Abensberg to count Ernst von Abensperg und Traun (1608–1668) from an Austrian noble family named Traun that now received the name of the former counts of Abensberg (who were believed to be distant relatives). After the occupation ended, he was however dispossessed. Johannes Aventinus (1477–1534)

242-514: The administrative reforms in Bavaria in the 1970s, the town also encompasses the following Ortsteile : There had been settlement on this part of the Abens river since long before the High Middle Ages , dating back to Neolithic times. Of particular interest and national importance are the Neolithic flint mines at Arnhofen, where, around 7,000 years ago, Stone Age people made flint, which

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264-524: The cemetery in what is now the district of Pullach stood a memorial stone which was mentioned as recently as 1967, but which is no longer at the site. The suffering of ten unknown victims of the camp was recorded on the stone. The Wack Hofmeister Stadium , formerly the Altes Stadion Abensberg (the Old Stadium) is a motorcycle speedway and association football stadium located slightly east of

286-567: The centre of Abensberg in Germany. It hosts the speedway team MSC Abensberg and the football team TSV Abensberg 1862. Abens The Abens is a river in Bavaria , Germany , and a right-bank tributary of the Danube . Its source is near Au in der Hallertau . Some 71 kilometres (44 mi) long, the Abens flows generally northward through the small towns of Au in der Hallertau, Rudelzhausen , Mainburg , Siegenburg , and Abensberg . It empties into

308-591: The distinguished figures of German history. Until 1800, Abensberg was a municipality belonging to the Straubing district of the Electorate of Bavaria . Abensberg also contained a magistrates' court. In the Battle of Abensberg on 19–20 April 1809, Napoleon gained a significant victory over the Austrians under Archduke Ludwig of Austria and General Johann von Hiller . The arms of the city are divided into two halves. On

330-579: The former Carmelite monastery. On 7 July 2006, the new Town Museum of Abensberg was opened in the former duke's castle in the town. Two blocks west of the Old Town is the Kuchlbauer Brewery and beer garden featuring the Kuchlbauer Tower , a colorful and unconventional observation tower designed by Viennese architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser . The brewery and tower are open to the public. Up until

352-652: The heartland of Germany's hops-growing industry, ending in Freising . The Abensberg railway station is located on the Regensburg–Ingolstadt railway from Regensburg to Ingolstadt . The city can be reached via the A-93 Holledau-Regensburg road (exit Abensberg). Three Bundesstraße (German federal highways) cross south of Abensberg: B 16 , B 299 and B 301. Abensberg has a Grundschule (primary school) and Hauptschule (open admission secondary school), and

374-501: The latter arrived, he was killed by Seitz von Frauenberg. He is buried in the former convent of Abensberg. Abensberg then lost its independence and became a part of the Duchy of Bavaria, and from then on was administered by a ducal official, the so-called caretaker. The castle of Abensberg was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War , although the city had bought a guarantee of protection from

396-462: The left are the blue and white rhombuses of Bavaria, while the right half is split into two silver and black triangles. Two diagonally-crossed silver swords with golden handles rest on top. The town has had a coat of arms since 1338, that of the Counts of Abensberg. With the death of the last Count, Nicholas of Abensberg, in 1485, the estates fell to the Duchy of Bavaria-Munich , meaning that henceforth only

418-466: The town, under the name of Habensperch , came from this time, in around 1138. Gebhard was from the Babonen clan. In 1256, the castrum of Abensprech was first mentioned, and on 12 June 1348, Margrave Ludwig of Brandenburg , and his brother, Duke Stephen of Bavaria , raised Abensberg to the status of a city, giving it the right to operate lower courts, enclose itself with a wall and hold markets. The wall

440-596: Was an autonomous city, it remained dependent on the powerful Dukes of Bavaria . The last Lord of Abensberg, Niclas, Graf von Abensberg , supposedly named after his godfather, Nicholas of Kues , a Catholic cardinal, was murdered in 1485 by Christopher, a Duke of Bavaria-Munich . The year before, Niclas had unchivalrously taken Christopher captive as he bathed before a tournament in Munich. Although Christopher renounced his claim for revenge, he lay in wait for Niclas in Freising. When

462-580: Was built by Count Ulrich III of Abensberg . Some of the thirty-two round towers and eight turrets are still preserved to this day. In the Middle Ages , the people of Abensberg enjoyed a level of autonomy above their lord. They elected a city council, although only a small number of rich families were eligible for election. In around 1390, the Carmelite Monastery of Our Lady of Abensberg was founded by Count John II and his wife, Agnes. Although Abensberg

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484-494: Was fashioned into drills, blades and arrowheads, and was regarded as the steel of the Stone Age. Traces of over 20,000 individuals were found on this site. The modern history of Abensberg, which is often incorrectly compared with that of the third century Roman castra (military outpost) of Abusina, begins with Gebhard, who was the first to mention Abensberg as a town, in the middle of the 12th century. The earliest written reference to

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