Gangkofen

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Gangkofen

Location of Gangkofen within Rottal-Inn district

Coordinates: 48°26′13″N 12°33′48″E / 48.43694°N 12.56333°ECoordinates: 48°26′13″N 12°33′48″E / 48.43694°N 12.56333°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Matthäus Mandl (CSU)

Area

• Total

108.79 km² (42.00 sq mi)

Elevation

439 m (1,440 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

6,433

• Density

59/km² (150/sq mi)

Time zone

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Postal codes

84140

Dialling codes

08722 08735 (Kollbach)

Vehicle registration

PAN

Website

www.gangkofen.de

Gangkofen is a municipality in the county ("Landkreis") of Rottal-Inn in Bavaria in Germany.

The market town (Markt) Gangkofen lies in the valley of the river Bina along the federal highway B 388 about 17 km (11 mi) west of Eggenfelden, 26 km (16 mi) south of Dingolfing, 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Landshut, 25 km (16 mi) north of Mühldorf and 32 km (20 mi) west of the county (district) seat, Pfarrkirchen.

Gangkofen is the westernmost municipality of the rural county or district ("Landkreis") named Rottal-Inn, and borders the county of Dingolfing-Landau in the north, the county of Mühldorf in the south and the county of Landshut in the west. Gangkofen is considered part of the historic and geographic Rottal region, because the market town was part of the former county of Eggenfelden (in the Rott valley) and has stronger economic and cultural ties to the east, than in other directions. The western portions of the political municipality - the former rural towns of Dirnaich and Hölsbrunn- historically belonged to the county of Vilsbiburg (now part of the county of Landshut), thus the inhabitants of those parts tend to look to be oriented in that direction (the west) even today.

The political municipality comprises the market town itself and the following villages: Angerbach, Dirnaich, Engersdorf, Hölsbrunn, Kollbach, Malling, Obertrennbach, Panzing, Radlkofen, Reicheneibach und Seemannshausen.

Gangkofen is first mentioned in a document in 889 AD. The town is believed to have been part of the properties the Diocese of Bamberg was equipped with upon its foundation in 1007 AD. In 1279 Count Wenhard II. of Leonberg made the Teutonic Knights the patrons over the local parish, thus founding this military order's monastic residence ("Kommende") in Gangkofen. Up to its secularization in 1805/06 this was the only branch of the Teutonic Knights in Lower Bavaria.

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