Vilsbiburg in Bavaria
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Vilsbiburg is a town on the river
Große Vils , 18 km southeast of
Landshut , in the
district of Landshut , in
Bavaria . Vilsbiburg has 11,000 inhabitants. Vilsbiburg lies in the center of
Lower Bavaria and is part of the Alpine foothills. The river Große Vils runs through the town center. Vilsbiburg is about 55 miles northeast of
Munich .
The first mention of a village named Pipurch is found around 1000 AD. In records dating back to 1308, Vilsbiburg is mentioned as a market and also as a town, having a court and municipal powers. Vilsbiburg officially acquired the status of a town in 1929.
City church Maria Himmelfahrt © Konrad Lackerbeck/cc-by-3.0
On July 1, 1972 the administrative district of Vilsbiburg was merged into Landshut. The former municipalities of Frauensattling, Gaindorf, Haarbach, Seyboldsdorf and Wolferding became part of the town of Vilsbiburg in 1978.
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