Landsberg am 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.
The town is noted for its
prison where
Adolf Hitler was incarcerated in 1924. During this incarceration Hitler wrote/dictated his book
Mein Kampf together with Rudolf Hess. His cell, number 7, became part of the
cult of Nazism and many followers came to visit it during the German Nazi-period. Landsberg am Lech was also known as the town of the Hitler youth. Following
World War II it was the location for one of the largest
Displaced Person (DP)
camps for
Jewish refugees and the place of execution for more than 150 war criminals after 1945.
It is the birthplace of the
Nobel laureate Erwin Neher.
Geography
Town areas
The town comprises three main areas. The historic old town centre of Landsberg, which lies between the river Lech and its easterly elevated bank. The area to the west of the river Lech (Katharinenvorstadt, Neuerpfting, Weststadt, Schwaighofsiedlung – today by far the biggest part of the town) and the area on the easterly elevated bank (Bayervorstadt) developed since the early 19th century.
Also belonging to Landsberg are the hamlets of
Sandau and
Pössing as well as the former independent boroughs of
Ellighofen,
Erpfting (with Friedheim,
Geratshof and
Mittelstetten),
Pitzling (with
Pöring) and
Reisch (with
Thalhofen).
Landsberg Concentration Camp and displaced person...
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