Eggenfelden (; Central Bavarian: Eggenfejdn) is a municipality in the district of Rottal-Inn in Bavaria, Germany.
Geography
Geographical location Eggenfelden is located in the valley of the Rott at the intersection of B 20 with the B 388 and the beginning of the B 588. The city has two railway stations on the railway Passau - Neumarkt - Sankt Veit as well as an airfield (airfield Eggenfelden). Eggenfelden is located about 56 km southeast of Landshut, 60 km south of Straubing, 70 km south-west of Passau, 84 kilometers north of Salzburg and 110 kilometers east of Munich.
Communal The municipality Eggenfelden has 119 officially named Stadtteile:
Afuswimm Aichner Aign Altenburg Anzengrub Asbach Au Axöd Axöd-Siedlung Bachkampel Berg Bruck Bruckhäuser Buchner Dietraching Drittenbrei Dürrwimm Eder vorm Wald Edmertsee Eggenfelden Falterer Fäustlinger Fraunhofen Freiung Fuchsberg Fuchsmühle Fußöd Gaisberg Gall Gern Gfürt Giglberg Gras Gschwend Hänghub Hartlwimm Haus Heckengrub Hetzenberg Hinterhöll Hochwimm Höll Holzbruck Holzhäuseln Holzkeller Holzner Holzschachten Hub Kagern Kampelsberg Kaspersbach Kastenberg Käufl Kirchberg Kleeham Kleingmain Klohub Kollersberg Königsöd Kreuzöd Kronwitt Lauterbach Lichtenberg Lichtlberg Lindhof Loh Luderfing Lug Maißling Mitterhof Mitterpirsting Moosham Neustatt Niederndorf Oberkampel Oberkirchberg Oberpirsting Oberthal Oberzeiling Peterskirchen Pirsting Pischelsberg Pollersbach Prühmühle Reiter Reiter am Wald Rinn Rott Rott am Wald Rottmühle Rushäusl Sandtner Sankt Sebastian Simonsöd Spanberg Sperwies Stock Straß I Straß II Straßhäuseln Stumsöd Taschnerhof Thal Tiefstadt Untereschlbach Unterkampel Untermaisbach Unterpirsting Unterthal Unterzeiling Vorderhöll Weg Weilberg Weilberg-Siedlung Weinberg Wimm Wolfsberg Zainach Zellhub
Mayors 1946–1948: Lorenz Fichtner, SPD 1948–1960: Lorenz Bachmeier, CSU 1960–1990: Hans Kreck, SPD 1990–2002: Karl Riedler, SPD 2002–2014: Werner Schießl, FWG 2014–2020: Wolfgang Grubwinkler, UWG since 2020: Martin Biber, CSU
Notable people The ski mountaineer Konrad Lex was born in Eggenfelden. The German pop-singer and actor Daniel Küblböck who achieved short-lived celebrity in 2003, in the first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS), the German version of Pop Idol, in which he came third, was born outside of Eggenfelden and lived here until his breakthrough.
Personalities Sons and daughters of the city
Albert Hahl (1868-1945), German colonial officer and governor of German-New Guinea Richard Schimpf (1897-1972), officer of the German Army, the Reichswehr, the Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr (last rank major general) Friedrich Müller (born 1938), legal scientist and author Joseph Vogl (born 1957), literary and media scientist Katrin Garfoot (born 1981), Australian cyclist Barbara Lechner (born 1982), shooting sports woman
Other people related to Eggenfelden
Fritz Wiedemann (1891-1970), German officer, adjutant of Adolf Hitler and diplomat Daniel Küblböck (1985-2018), singer
References
External links Official Site