Adlkofen

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

Geography

Adlkofen is located 8 km east of Landshut and lies south above the valley of the river Isar.

The neighbourhood municipalities are Kumhausen, Geisenhausen, Kröning and Niederaichbach.

The municipality Adlkofen is administratively divided in more than 90 villages. The bigger ones are Adlkofen, Deutenkofen, Läuterkofen, Jenkofen, Beutelhausen, Reichlkofen, Günzkofen, Göttlkofen and Schwatzkofen

History

The name Adlkofen was first mentioned as the County Adalahkevva in a certificate issued by Otto I shortly before his death in 973. With this certificate he prestented his own property in Beutelhausen, that was located in the county of Adlkofen, to the Niedermünster Abbey in Regensburg. In a certificate from 1252 there is also the mention of the name Aetelkouen. Since 1762 the name Adlkofen is used.

Buildings

Churches

The municipality of Adlkofen is divided in three parishes: Adlkofen, Reichlkofen and Jenkofen. The church of Adlkofen was built in 1733 in its present form. The church of Reichlkofen was built in 1876 and the church of Jenkofen was built in 1422. There are also churches in some of the smaller villages like in Günzkofen or Deutenkofen.

School and Kindergarten

Adlkofen belongs to the oldest school places in the district of Landshut. Even in 1635 there used to live family of teachers in the municipality. The school building was renovated in 1991 and expanded from eight to ten classes. Since the school year 2005/2006 there are only taught four grades.

The first Kindergarten existed between 1939 and 1944 for the children of the farmers during harvest season. On the initiative of some parents in 1973 there was established a pre-school Kindergarten in the school building. In 1977 a Kindergarten building was built at its present place and was expanded in 1993

Twin town

• Badia Calavena, Italy

Literature

• Schröder, Ernst J. & Wagensonner, Hans (1987), Adlkofen - Bilder und Dokumente aus alter Zeit, Horb am Neckar: Geiger-Verlag, ISBN 3-89264-133-1 
• Schröder Ernst, Ernst J. (1998), Adlkofen - Bilder und Texte aus der Gemeinde, Horb am Neckar: Geiger-Verlag, ISBN 3-89570-403-2 
• Schröder, Ernst J. (2006), Adlkofen - Die 50er und 60er Jahre, Horb am Neckar: Geiger-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86595-165-6 

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