Velden (Vils)

Velden
Velden
Municipality
	Velden seen from the west
	Coat of arms
	Location of Velden within Landshut district
	Velden Velden
	Coordinates: 48°22′N 12°15′E / 48.367°N 12.250°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Niederbayern
District	Landshut
Municipal assoc.	Velden (Vils)
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Ludwig Greimel (FW)
Area
• Total	49.40 km2 (19.07 sq mi)
Elevation	477 m (1,565 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	6,617
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	84149
Dialling codes	08742
Vehicle registration	LA
Website	https://www.markt-velden.de/

Velden is a market town and municipality in the district of Landshut in Bavaria in Germany.

Geography

Velden lies on the border from Lower Bavaria to Upper Bavaria. The river Vils runs through the town. Velden is about 64 kilometers northeast of Munich.

The municipality consists of 130 villages and communes^[3]

Aichelsberg
Aign
Alteberspoint
Asching
Asenreit
Atzmannsdorf
Babing
Bach
Bachmühle
Baueröd
Biedenbach
Biedersdorf
Birnkam
Brandstätt
Bruck
Burg
Burghab
Eberlsöd
Eberspoint
Eggersgrub
Eglso
Eichten
Einäuglmühle
Elling
Erlach
Erzmannsdorf

Exenberg
Feuchten
Fischbach
Forsthof
Futteröd
Futtersöd
Geratsfurth
Giglberg I
Giglberg II
Glocksberg
Grünzing
Gumpersberg
Guntersberg
Hackelsberg
Hackenkam
Haid
Haideck
Haldenweber
Haselbach
Heinhub
Herrneck
Hintelsberg
Hinterkobl
Hinteröd
Hirschhof
Hofbruck

Höhenberg
Holzen I
Holzen II
Holzhäuseln
Hub
Irreck
Irrthal
Kleinhaid
Kleinvelden
Koralden
Kothlehen
Kremshub
Kreuz
Kronwinkel
Kühloh
Lahn
Lehen
Leiten
Lug
Maierhof
Maiersdorf
Mariaberg
Marsberg
Martinsberg
Miethal
Mitterschweibach

Mölling
Moosing
Nehaid
Neunehaid
Oberbabing
Oberensbach
Oberschweibach
Obervilslern
Ofen
Paulusberg
Pfenningsöd
Pretzkobl
Putzenberg
Raffelberg
Rimberg
Ringofen
Rothenwald
Rothweg
Rundthal
Ruprechtsberg
Sattelstatt
Schafhausen
Schapfthal
Schlegelsreit
Schmidten
Schmitten

Schöllamühle
Schurfsöd
Schwarzeck
Schwarzmoos
See
Seidlthal
Spindlhäusl
Spitzlbach
Stietenöd
Stockham
Straß
Strohhof
Unterensbach
Unterschweibach
Untervilslern
Velden
Viehweide
Vils
Vilssöhl
Wagensberg
Walding
Walln
Weiher
Wildberg
Willgrub
Zweifurth

History

The first mentioning of a Place named Feldin is found in 773. In 788 King Charles the Great displaced the bavarian Duke Tassilo III and made it a part of Francia. Later it became a Municipality with Market town status, but it is not sure when this happened as there does not exist a certificate of appointment. The first time the market status is mentioned was in a writ in 1394.

Transport

Velden once had a railway connection to Dorfen via Taufkirchen. In 1994 the tracks were removed and converted to a now very popular cycle track. Velden lies on the Bundesstraße B 388. Frequent buses connect Velden to Vilsbiburg, Landshut and Dorfen. The nearest airport is Munich International Airport about 40 km to the southwest.

Architecture & Art

In the center of Velden is St. Peter's church. It was built in two steps around 1450, newly renovated around 1990. Its 64m high tower is a main sight of Velden.

Velden also features an open-air museum with many sculptures of Georg Brenninger (born in Velden - later worked in Munich) for example the "Apoll" or the "Bergpredigt", also two fountains by the same sculptor can be seen in the center of the town.

In 1985 Bavarian Television filmed parts of the TV-Series Irgendwie und Sowieso in and around Velden. (Actors Ottfried Fischer, Elmar Wepper, Bruno Jonas and others)