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Landsberg Am Lech
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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AM Lech, a town in the kingdom of Bavaria, on the river Lech, 38 m. by rail W. by S. of Munich. Pop. (1905) 6505. It has eight Roman Catholic churches, among them the Liebfrauen Kirche dating from 1498, several monasteries, and a fine medieval town-hall, with frescoes by Karl von Piloty and a painting by Hubert von Herkomer. Here also are a fine gateway, the Bayer-Tor, an agricultural and other schools. Brewing, tanning and the manufacture of agricultural machinery are among the principal industries.
See Schober, Landsberg am Lech and Umgebung (1902); and Zwerger, Geschichte Landsbergs (1889).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Landsberg Am Lech'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/landsberg-am-lech.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Landsberg Am Lech'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/landsberg-am-lech.html. 1910.
