Adlkofen is a municipality in the district of Landshut

Landshut (district)

Landshut is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Kelheim, Straubing-Bogen, Dingolfing-Landau, Rottal-Inn, Mühldorf, Erding and Freising. The city of Landshut is enclosed by, but does not belong to the district...

 in Bavaria

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 in Germany

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Geography

Adlkofen is located 8 km

Kilometre

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 east of Landshut

Landshut

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 and lies south above the valley of the river Isar

Isar

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The neigbourhood municipalities

Municipality

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 are Kumhausen

Kumhausen

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, Geisenhausen

Geisenhausen

Geisenhausen is a municipality with market town status in the district of Landshut, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 14 km southeast of Landshut in the valley of the Kleine Vils.- History :...

, Kröning

Kröning

Kröning is a municipality in the district of Landshut in Bavaria in Germany....

 and Niederaichbach

Niederaichbach

Niederaichbach is a municipality in the district of Landshut in Bavaria in Germany....

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The municipality Adlkofen is administratively divided in more than 90 villages. The bigger ones are Adlkofen, Deutenkofen, Läuterkofen, Jenkofen, Beutelhausen, Reichlkofen, Günzkofen, Göttlkofen and Schwatzkofen

History

The name Adlkofen was first mentioned as the County

County

A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...

 Adalahkevva in a certificate issued by Otto I

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

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 shortly before his death in 973. With this certificate he prestented his own property in Beutelhausen, that was located in the county of Adlkofen, to the Niedermünster Abbey

Niedermünster, Regensburg

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 in Regensburg

Regensburg

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. In a certificate from 1252 there is also the mention of the name Aetelkouen. Since 1762 the name Adlkofen is used.

Churches

The municipality of Adlkofen is divided in three parishes

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

: Adlkofen, Reichlkofen and Jenkofen.
The church of Adlkofen was built in 1733 in its present form. The curch of Reichlkofen was built in 1876 and the church of Jenkofen was built in 1422.
There are also churches in some of the smaller villages like in Günzkofen or Deutenkofen.

School and Kindergarten

Adlkofen belongs to the oldest school places in the district of Landshut. Even in 1635 there used to live family of teachers in the municipality. The school building was renovated in 1991 and expanded from eight to ten classes. Since the school year 2005/2006 there are only taught four grades.

The first Kindergarten

Kindergarten

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existed between 1939 and 1944 for the children of the farmers during harvest season. On the initiative of some parents in 1973 there was established a pre-school Kindergarten in the school building. In 1977 a Kindergarten building was built at it's present place and was expanded in 1993