Aiterhofen

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Aiterhofen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Aiterhofen
Aiterhofen (Germany)
Aiterhofen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Lower Bavaria
District Straubing-Bogen
Municipal assoc. Aiterhofen
Mayor Manfred Krä (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area 43.11 km² (16.6 sq mi)
Elevation 339 m  (1112 ft)
Population 3,465  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 80 /km² (208 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SR
Postal code 94330
Area code 09421
Website www.aiterhofen.de

Coordinates: 48°51′00″N 12°37′00″E / 48.85, 12.616667

Aiterhofen is a municipality in the district of Straubing-Bogen in Bavaria, Germany.

It is located about 5 km southeast of Straubing in the Gäuboden.

[edit] History

Aiterhofen is settled since the Neolithic as the discovery of the biggest cemetery of the Linear Pottery culture in Germany (about 260 tombs) showed.

In 773 AD Aiterhofen (Eitraha) is documented as residence of one of the Agilolfing Dukes.

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