Landshut

town in Bavaria, Germany
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Summary

Landshut is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Landshut ranks in the top 2% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,269 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Verein Deutsche Sprache[3], Climate Alliance[4], Landshuter Verkehrsverbund[5], Bayerischer Städtetag[6], Working Group of Bicycle-Friendly Municipalities in Bavaria[7]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lower Bavaria[8]
  • Country: Germany[9]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Isar[10]
  • Head of government: Alexander Putz[11]
  • Instance of: urban district of Bavaria[12], district capital[13]
  • Shares border with: Landshut[14], Niederaichbach[15], Adlkofen[16], Kumhausen[17], Tiefenbach[18], Eching[19], Bruckberg[20], Altdorf[21], Ergolding[22], Essenbach[23]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Berg[24], Achdorf[25], Münchnerau[26]
  • Twinned administrative body: Elgin[27], Waldkirchen[28], Schio[29], Sibiu[30], Compiègne[31], Ried im Innkreis[32]
  • Postal code: 84028–84036[33]
  • Part of: Munich Metropolitan Region[34], Stimmkreis Landshut[35], Bavaria[36]
  • Commons category: Landshut[37]
  • Licence plate code: LA[38]
  • Local dialing code: 0871[39]
  • Archives at: Stadtarchiv Landshut[40]
  • Enclave within: Landshut[41]
  • Inception: 1204[42]
  • Coordinate location: 48.539722222222, 12.150833333333[43]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Ostbayern[44], Südbayern[45], Lower Bavarian Upland[46]
  • Official website: https://landshut.de/[47]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Landshut[48]
  • Commons gallery: Landshut[49]
  • Population: 56,446[50], 58,387[51], 56,405[52], 66,179[53], 65,322[54], 69,211[55], 25,911[56], 26,105[57], 7817[58], 67,509[59], 70,025[60], 71,193[61], 55,858[62]

Why It Matters

Landshut has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Landshut is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 48.539722222222, 'longitude': 12.150833333333}
    Category for honorary citizens of entity → Q8942924
    Described by source → Topographia Bavariæ, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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