Landsberg am Lech

**Landsberg am Lech** (Landsberg at the Lech) is a town in southwest Bavaria, Germany, about 65 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Landsberg am Lech.

## Geography

Landsberg is on the Romantic Road and is the center of the Lechrain region, the boundary region between Swabia and Bavaria. It is noted for its historic center.

## Notable people

- Lanspergius (1489–1539), Carthusian monk and ascetical writer
- Ignaz Kögler (1680–1746), Jesuit missionary and mathematician
- Dominikus Zimmermann (1685–1766), architect
- Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849–1914), artist, film and theatre director
- Alois Wolfmüller (1864–1948), inventor and aeronautical engineer
- Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876–1956), World War II field marshal and war criminal
- George Remus (1878–1952), attorney and famed bootlegger during U.S. Prohibition
- Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), dictator (was in prison in Landsberg 1923/24)
- Luise Rinser (1911–2002), writer and politician
- Johnny Cash (1932–2003), American singer/songwriter stationed here in the early 1950s while serving in the U.S. Air Force
- Siegfried Rauch (1932–2018), actor
- Samuel Bak (born 1933), painter and writer
- Anton Posset (1941–2015), holocaust researcher and founder of the European Holocaust Memorial located in Landsberg
- Erwin Neher (born 1944), biologist
- Julian Nagelsmann (born 1987), football manager
- Michael Unterbuchner (born 1988), darts player

## Twin towns – sister cities

Landsberg am Lech is twinned with:

- Hudson, United States (1984)
- Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France (1986)
- Bushey, England, United Kingdom (1989)
- Rocca di Papa, Italy (1989)
- Waldheim, Germany (1990)
- Siófok, Hungary (2002)

## Sports

Landsberg is home to the following sports clubs:
|scope="col"|Club|scope="col"|Sport|scope="col"|League|scope="col"|Established|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|TSV Landsberg|Football|Landesliga Bayern|1882|||||
|Landsberg Riverkings|Ice hockey|Regionalliga (Bayernliga)|2008|||||
|Landsberg X-PRESS|American football|Regionalliga Süd|2007|||||
|DJK Landsberg|Basketball|Regionalliga|1956|||||
|Jahn Landsberg|Football|A-Klasse Oberbayern|1923|||||
|Türkspor Landsberg|Football|A-Klasse Oberbayern|--|||||
|Landsberg Cruisaders|Baseball|Bezirksliga Bayern|2003|||||
|Landsberg Kodiacs|Softball|Landesliga Bayern|2009|||||
|Landsberg BB-Dance Camp|Dance|Boogie Woogie Dance Festival|1987|||||

## Sources

- Thomas Raithel, _Die Strafanstalt Landsberg am Lech und der Spöttinger Friedhof (1944-1958). Eine Dokumentation im Auftrag des Instituts für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin_ (München: Oldenbourg 2009).

## Other websites

- Official Website (in German)
- European Holocaust Memorial  Citizens´Association European Holocaust Memorial Foundation
- The Holocaust in the Landsberg area - Citizens´ Association "Landsberg in the 20th Century" (English)
- _Landsberger lager-cajtung (Landsberg am Lech, Germany)_, B1110 is a digitized periodical at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York

## Infobox (german location)

- **type**: Stadt
- **image coa**: Wappen Landsberg.svg
- **image photo**: Lech_in_Landsberg.jpg
- **image caption**: The Lech (river), Lech in Landsberg
- **image plan**: Landsberg am Lech in LL.svg
- **state**: Bayern
- **region**: Oberbayern
- **district**: Landsberg am Lech
- **elevation**: 585-630
- **area**: 57.89
- **postal code**: 86899
- **area code**: 08191, 08246 (Ellighofen)
- **licence**: LL
- **gemeindeschlüssel**: 09 1 81 130
- **divisions**: 6 Ortsteile
- **website**: [http://www.landsberg.de/ www.landsberg.de]
- **mayor**: Doris Baumgartl
- **leader term**: 2020–26
- **bürgermeistertitel**: Oberbürgermeister