Until 1800, Abensberg was a municipality belonging to the Straubing district of the Electorate of Bavaria.
In the Battle of Abensberg on 19–20 April 1809, Napoleon gained a significant victory over the Austrians under Archduke Ludwig of Austria and General Johann von Hiller. ===Coat of Arms=== The arms of the city are divided into two halves.
With the death of the last Count, Nicholas of Abensberg, in 1485, the estates fell to the Duchy of Bavaria-Munich, meaning that henceforth only the Bavarian coat of arms was ever used. On 31 December 1809, a decree of King Maximilian of Bavaria granted the city a new coat of arms, as a recognition of their (mainly humanitarian and logistic) services in the Battle of Abensberg the same year.
The brewery and tower are open to the public. ===Image gallery=== ===Missing memorial=== Up until the 1950s, Abensberg and the surrounding villages contained a number of graves of victims of a Death March in the Spring of 1945 from the Hersbruck sub-camp of the Dachau concentration camp, who were either murdered by the SS or died of exhaustion.
The brewery and tower are open to the public. ===Image gallery=== ===Missing memorial=== Up until the 1950s, Abensberg and the surrounding villages contained a number of graves of victims of a Death March in the Spring of 1945 from the Hersbruck sub-camp of the Dachau concentration camp, who were either murdered by the SS or died of exhaustion.
This collection and the collection of the Heimatverein (local history society) were united in 1963 into the Aventinus Museum, in the cloister of the former Carmelite monastery.
At the cemetery in what is now the district of Pullach stood a memorial stone which was mentioned as recently as 1967, but which is no longer at the site.
It is organised since 1977 by the Junge Union, the youth branch of Germany's two main conservative political parties, the CDU and CSU, and attracts all age groups from Abensberg and surrounding areas. On the second Saturday in August, people can wander through the Night Market in the balmy Summer evening. The Gillamoos, the oldest and largest funfair in the Hallertau opens on the Thursday before the first Sunday in September and runs until the Monday thereafter.
The swords recall the Battle of Abensberg. The district of Offenstetten previously possessed its own coat of arms. ===Twinning=== Parga in Greece since 1986 Lonigo in Italy since 1999 ==Economy and Infrastructure== The area around Abensberg, the so-called sand belt between Siegburg, Neustadt an der Donau, Abensberg and Langquaid, is used for the intensive farming of asparagus, due to the optimal soil condition and climate.
The swords recall the Battle of Abensberg. The district of Offenstetten previously possessed its own coat of arms. ===Twinning=== Parga in Greece since 1986 Lonigo in Italy since 1999 ==Economy and Infrastructure== The area around Abensberg, the so-called sand belt between Siegburg, Neustadt an der Donau, Abensberg and Langquaid, is used for the intensive farming of asparagus, due to the optimal soil condition and climate.
On 7 July 2006, the new Town Museum of Abensberg was opened in the former duke's castle in the town. ===Kuchlbauer Brewery=== Two blocks west of the Old Town is the Kuchlbauer Brewery and beer garden featuring the Kuchlbauer Tower, a colorful and unconventional observation tower designed by Viennese architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
Since 2007, the Kelheim Berufsschule has had a campus in Abensberg, and outside the state sector is the St.
Francis Vocational Training Centre, run by a Catholic youth organisation. ==Culture and sightseeing== ===Theatre=== In 2008, a former goods shed by the main railway station of Abensberg was converted into a theatre by local volunteers.
The "Theater am Bahnhof" (Theatre at the Railway Station) is mostly used by the Theatergruppe Lampenfieber and was opened on 19 October 2008. ===Museums=== Abensberg has a long tradition of museums.
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