Geisenhausen

Geisenhausen is a municipality with market town status in the district of Landshut, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 14 km southeast of Landshut in the valley of the Kleine Vils.

History
Geisenhausen was first mentioned in a document in 980 and received market rights in 1393.

Administrative division

 * Albanstetten
 * Diemannskirchen
 * Hörlkam
 * Hermannskirchen
 * Holzhausen
 * Geisenhausen
 * Salksdorf
 * Johannesbergham
 * Westersbergham
 * Stephansbergham
 * Irlach

Sights
The parish church St. Martin from the second half of the 15th century is a brick building in gothic style similar to its larger namesake in Landshut. Historic middle-class houses line part of market square and main road. The church of St. Theobald was a destiny of pilgrimages from about 1390 to 1790.

Infrastructure
Geisenhausen is linked with the rail system of the Deutsche Bahn. The Bundesstraße 299, an important road, bypasses the market town.

Periodic events

 * Rosenmontagszug (Rose Monday Parade) of the carnival club Tollemogei
 * Farmers' market
 * Fair of the Bürger- und Gewerbeverein (citizens and business association) at the weekend of Whitsun

Famous citizens

 * Burkhard, Margrave of Austria (ca. 926–ca. 981), Earl of Geisenhausen
 * Henry I (bishop of Augsburg) (died 14 July 982 Battle of Stilo), Earl of Geisenhausen
 * Günter Eich (1907–1972), writer
 * Martin Flörchinger (1909–2004), actor
 * Thomas Schmid (1960), writer
 * Johannes Schmid (1973), stage director