Velden (Vils)

Velden
Coat of arms
Velden
Location of Velden within Landshut district
Coordinates: 48°22′N 12°15′E / 48.367°N 12.250°ECoordinates: 48°22′N 12°15′E / 48.367°N 12.250°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Niederbayern
District	Landshut
Municipal assoc.	Velden (Vils)
Government
• Mayor	Gerhard Babl (SPD)
Area
• Total	49.40 km^2 (19.07 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,535
• Density	130/km^2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	84149
Dialling codes	08742
Vehicle registration	LA
Website	www.vg-velden.de

Velden is a municipality in the district of Landshut in Bavaria in Germany.

Geography

Velden lies on the border from Lower Bavaria to Upper Bavaria. The river Vils runs through the town. Velden is about 64 kilometers northeast of Munich.

The municipality consists of 130 villages and communes^[2]

Aichelsberg Aign Alteberspoint Asching Asenreit Atzmannsdorf Babing Bach Bachmühle Baueröd Biedenbach Biedersdorf Birnkam Brandstätt Bruck Burg Burghab Eberlsöd Eberspoint Eggersgrub Eglso Eichten Einäuglmühle Elling Erlach Erzmannsdorf

Exenberg Feuchten Fischbach Forsthof Futteröd Futtersöd Geratsfurth Giglberg I Giglberg II Glocksberg Grünzing Gumpersberg Guntersberg Hackelsberg Hackenkam Haid Haideck Haldenweber Haselbach Heinhub Herrneck Hintelsberg Hinterkobl Hinteröd Hirschhof Hofbruck

Höhenberg Holzen I Holzen II Holzhäuseln Hub Irreck Irrthal Kleinhaid Kleinvelden Koralden Kothlehen Kremshub Kreuz Kronwinkel Kühloh Lahn Lehen Leiten Lug Maierhof Maiersdorf Mariaberg Marsberg Martinsberg Miethal Mitterschweibach

Mölling Moosing Nehaid Neunehaid Oberbabing Oberensbach Oberschweibach Obervilslern Ofen Paulusberg Pfenningsöd Pretzkobl Putzenberg Raffelberg Rimberg Ringofen Rothenwald Rothweg Rundthal Ruprechtsberg Sattelstatt Schafhausen Schapfthal Schlegelsreit Schmidten Schmitten

Schöllamühle Schurfsöd Schwarzeck Schwarzmoos See Seidlthal Spindlhäusl Spitzlbach Stietenöd Stockham Straß Strohhof Unterensbach Unterschweibach Untervilslern Velden Viehweide Vils Vilssöhl Wagensberg Walding Walln Weiher Wildberg Willgrub Zweifurth

History

The first mentioning of a Place named Feldin is found around 771. Since 1410 it is a Municipality with Market town status.

Transportation

Velden once had a railway connection to Dorfen via Taufkirchen. In 1994 the tracks were removed and converted to a now very popular cycle track. Velden lies on the Bundesstraße B 388. Frequent buses connect Velden to Vilsbiburg, Landshut and Dorfen. The nearest Airport is Munich International Airport about 40 km to the southwest.

Architecture & Art

In the center of Velden is St. Peters church. It was built in two steps around 1450, newly renovated around 1990. Its 64m high tower is a main sight of Velden.

Velden also features an open-air museum with many sculptures of Georg Brenninger (born in Velden - later worked in Munich) for example the "Apoll" or the "Bergpredigt", also two fountains by the same sculptor can be seen in the center of the town.

In 1985 Bavarian Television filmed parts of the TV-Series "Irgendwie und Sowieso" in and around Velden. (Actors Ottfried Fischer, Elmar Wepper, Bruno Jonas and others)

Famous people

• Georg Brenninger (1908–1988), sculptor
• Hans Oßner (1937–2006), bodybuilder and actor
• Ruediger Lentz (*1947), journalist
• Gisela Stuart (*1955), politician
• Florian Oßner (*1980), member of German parliament (Bundestag) since 2013

Sister cities

• Roana, Italy, since 1976
• Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, France, since 1986

References

1. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2013.
2. "Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online (BLO)". Bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de. Retrieved 2012-05-23.

External links

• German homepage Markt Velden