Landsberg (district)

Landsberg
District
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Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Oberbayern
Capital	Landsberg
Area
• Total	804 km2 (310 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)
• Total	114,926
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	LL
Website	landkreis-landsberg.de

Landsberg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Aichach-Friedberg, Fürstenfeldbruck, Starnberg, Weilheim-Schongau, Ostallgäu and Augsburg.

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 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.

In the final stages of World War II, the German Armaments Ministry and the SS established the Kaufering concentration camp including 11 subcamps in the general area of Landsberg and Kaufering. It was set up as a subcamp of Dachau. At the end of April in 1945, the SS evacuated or destroyed what they could before the Allies arrived.

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.

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
Landsberg am Lech	Apfeldorf Denklingen Dießen am Ammersee Eching am Ammersee Egling an der Paar Eresing Finning Fuchstal Geltendorf Greifenberg Hofstetten Hurlach Igling Kaufering Kinsau	Obermeitingen Penzing Prittriching Pürgen Reichling Rott Scheuring Schondorf Schwifting Thaining Unterdießen Utting Vilgertshofen Weil Windach

External links

• European Holocaust Memorial - a monument ensemble against racism and totalitarianism at the place of the crime - under the executive management of European Holocaust Memorial Foundation
• Official website (German)
• Kaufering.com an online memorial to the victims of the Kaufering death camps and their liberators.