Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg

Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg

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Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg

Coordinates: 48°46′N 12°14′E / 48.767°N 12.233°ECoordinates: 48°46′N 12°14′E / 48.767°N 12.233°E
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Niederbayern
District Straubing-Bogen
Government
  Mayor Karl Wellenhofer (CSU)
Area
  Total 72.61 km2 (28.03 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 6,488
  Density 89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 84066
Dialling codes 08772
Vehicle registration SR
Website www.mallersdorf-pfaffenberg.de

Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg is a municipality in the district of Straubing-Bogen in Bavaria, Germany and has around 7000 inhabitants.

Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg is located in the heart of Bavaria in the south of Germany. The medieval cities Regensburg and Landshut are within a 30 km radius and even the major cities Munich (München) and Nürnberg are just around 100 km away.

The town is well known for the Mallersdorf Abbey, which exists since the 12th century. The Franciscan order of the "Mallersdorfer Schwestern" is busy around the world. Also Pope Benedictus XVI enjoyed his vacations here.

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History

The history of the village Mallersdorf presumably goes back till the Roman's time, because the first castle, which gave the name "Madilhardisdorf" has been established on the rests of a Roman fort. The name goes back on Mathilde von Lupburg, the 9-th abbess of the Reichsstift Niedermünster in Regensburg who owned here vast goods. During the Carolingian's time Mallersdorf belonged to the county of Kirchberg. The counts Heinrich and Ernst donated here a cloister in 1107, which was first mentioned in a document in 1129, with the confirmation of the donation by emperor Lothar III. The Latin school, which was controlled by Benedictine's monks in the cloister of Mallersdorf on the Johannisberg, is provable there from 1109 to 1803 enjoyed a superior call. The significant library was a reason for the national meaning of Mallersdorf in scientific area. The honorary title "sedes sapientiae" (seat of wisdom) testifies this position. In the course of the Säkularisation the cloister was converted into an agriculture with brewery. The library, as well as valuable sacred objects was brought to Munich. The cloister found out a resurgence in 1869 as a franziscan order, the "Sisters of Mallersdorf" established her mother's house there.

In 1972 the places Mallersdorf, Pfaffenberg, Holztraubach, Ascholtshausen, Oberellenbach, Oberlindhart were united to the market Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg. The municipalities of Niederlindhart, Haselbach and Upfkofen came on 1 January 1978. On 1 July 1972 Mallersdorf lost the District's Office and came to the administrative district Straubing-Bogen. Therefore the sign MAL disappeared mainly from the streets.

Partnership

Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg established city partnerships with Paderno del Grappa in Italy and Jedlicze in Poland. Godparenthood was taken in 1985 for the expelled Sudeten-German from the city of Krajková, formerly Gossengrun, in present-day Sokolov District.

Places of interest

Cloister of Mallersdorf

The franciscan cloister of Mallersdorf which pursues a secondary school is built on a hill above the idyllic Labertal (Laber-valley). The basilica affiliated to the cloister was begun in 1109 and received her today's rococo equipment in the middle of the 18-th century . In the parish church Saint Johannes there is a high altar of Ignaz Günther. The order was founded by Paul Josef Nardini, who was venerated at 19 December 2005 and beatified at 22 October 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI at the cathedral at Speyer, Germany .

Jewish monument

Near Pfaffenberg is a Jewish monument. It was established in 1947 and was financed by donations of Jewish inhabitants of the region. It concerns here a tomb for 67 prisoners who had been compulsive-marched from the concentration camp Buchenwald and were shot by German soldiers, before they could be released from the allies.

Education

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References

  1. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2013.