Tann, Bavaria

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Tann
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Tann
Tann, Bavaria (Germany)
Tann, Bavaria
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Lower Bavaria
District Rottal-Inn
Municipal assoc. Tann
Mayor Adi Fürstberger
Basic statistics
Area 37.55 km² (14.5 sq mi)
Elevation 447 m  (1467 ft)
Population 3,937  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 105 /km² (272 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate PAN
Postal code 84367
Area code 08572
Website www.tann.de

Coordinates: 48°19′00″N 12°54′00″E / 48.316667, 12.9

Tann is a municipality in the district of Rottal-Inn in Bavaria, Germany. It has about 4 thousand inhabitants and is only 15km from the corner of Austria away. The historic marketplace is one of the most beautiful in the whole region.

The first time Tann is mentioned in an historical document, was in the year 927 in context with the bishop of Salzburg Adalbert. In 1389 Tann has grown up to a so called 'marketplace' and got the right to hold markets. From the year 1300 to 1900 the most important business sector were the weaving mills. In old bills from the traders, are named destinations for their drapery like Trieste, Genoa, Venice and Amsterdam.

The most impressive building is the church St. Peter and Paul. At the end of the 17th century, began a pilgrimage to the "Godfather of Tann" which is the name of a wooden cross. The saga tells, that the beard and hair of the crucifix began to grow for several times. After that many miracles happened caused by the cross.

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