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Straubing (pronounced [ˈʃtʁaʊ̯.bɪŋ] ⓘ) is an independent city in Lower Bavaria, southern Germany. It is seat of the district of Straubing-Bogen. Annually in August the Gäubodenvolksfest, the second largest fair in Bavaria, is held.

Straubing
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View of Straubing.
View of Straubing.
Coat of arms of Straubing
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Location of Straubing
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Straubing is located in Germany
Straubing
Straubing
Straubing is located in Bavaria
Straubing
Straubing
Coordinates: 48°53′N 12°34′E / 48.883°N 12.567°E / 48.883; 12.567
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionNiederbayern
DistrictUrban district
Government
 • MayorMarkus Pannermayr (CSU)
Area
 • Total
67.58 km2 (26.09 sq mi)
Elevation
322 m (1,056 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[1]
 • Total
49,775
 • Density740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
94301–94315
Dialling codes09421
Vehicle registrationSR
Websitewww.straubing.de

The city is located on the Danube forming the centre of the Gäuboden.

History

 
Straubing in the 16th century
 
Gäubodenvolksfest, Straubing

The area of Straubing has been continuously settled since the Neolithic. The conquest by the Romans in 16–14 BC had a dramatic impact on the whole region. Even today many traces of the 400-year Roman occupation can be found: for example, the famous 'Römerschatz' (Roman treasure) which was excavated in 1950 and which is shown in the Gäubodenmuseum. Sorviodurum, as the Romans called it, was an important military support base.

After the fall of the Roman Empire Straubing became a centre of settlement of the Bavarii, mostly around St. Peter's Church (built in the 9th century) between Allachbach and Danube. According to the customs of the Bavarii the settlement was named after their leader Strupinga, which later evolved into the name Straubing.

In 1218 a new part of the city (called 'new town') was founded by Duke Ludwig I Wittelsbach of Bavaria. Straubing became the capital of the Duchy of Bavaria-Straubing under Duke Wilhelm I when Bavaria was divided among the sons of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor in 1349. In 1429 Straubing passed to Ernest, Duke of Bavaria-Munich, who ordered the murder of Agnes Bernauer in Straubing. The grave of Agnes Bernauer cannot be found. But in the graveyard of St. Peter's Church is a chapel built by Duke Ernest.

In 1633, during the Thirty Years' War, the Swedish army successfully besieged the city.[2]

Nowadays, this new town is the centre of Straubing with many shops, offices, restaurants and a pedestrian area. Most buildings there still have medieval style. The nightlife of Straubing, with many pubs and discothèques, is concentrated in this area.

The most important buildings are the beautiful Gothic cathedral-like Basilica of St. Jacob, the Romanesque St. Peter's Church, the Carmelite monastery with its Baroque church and library, St. Vitus's, where you can find a life-size personification of "state and church" joined in holy matrimony.

Between 1933 and 1945 most of the members of the then small Jewish community of Straubing were murdered or forced to emigrate. In 2006, Straubing had a lively Jewish community with around 950 members.

During a rally in June 1940, when Straubing and Bogen held its Kriegskreistag, some 20,000 people gathered at the Großdeutschlandplatz. Among the speakers were Gauleiter Wächtler and Gauamtsleiter Erbersdobler.[3] In July 1940, the Donau-Zeitung reported that the Straubing Kreisleiter, Anton Putz, had flown toward France and not returned.[4]

In 1944 and 1945, Straubing suffered from several American air raids. The local military hospital was destroyed to the extent of 80 percent with a loss of 45 patients.

In November 2016 a fire destroyed a greater part of the medieval town hall.

Straubing has many industrial areas and a port at the river Danube with access to the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, a connection from the North Sea to the Black Sea. It is the centre of the Bavarian high tech offensive in biotechnology.

Main sights

As one of five ducal residences of medieval Bavaria (besides Landshut, Munich, Ingolstadt and Burghausen) the old town of Straubing especially features many Gothic buildings.

 
Romanesque Church of St. Peter
 
Gothic City Tower (Stadtturm)
 
Gothic town hall
 
Basilika St. Jakob in Straubing

Festivals and main cultural events

Historical residents

 
Emanuel Schikaneder as Papageno

Sons and daughters of the town

 
Arthur Achleitner 1922
 
Joseph von Fraunhofer

Sports

Education

The Technical University of Munich has one of its campuses in Straubing. It is specialised on renewables.

A Fraunhofer Institute for boundary and biodiversity engineering is also located in Straubing.

Straubing has four "Gymnasiums" (German for grammar school):[5]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Straubing is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
  2. ^ Helfferich, Tryntje, The Thirty Years War: A Documentary History (Cambridge, 2009), p. 287.
  3. ^ Anna Rosmus Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 247f
  4. ^ Anna Rosmus Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 261f
  5. ^ "Schulen". Adressenverzeichnisse. Stadt Straubing. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

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