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Laaber is a market town in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The town has had market rights since the end of the 14th century and is now home to numerous businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

The name of the place was first mentioned around the year 1040 as "Labere". In 1128 it was referred to as "Labera", in 1180 as "Labara", in 1186 as "Laber" and finally in 1712 as "Laaber". The origin of the place name goes back to the Black Laber . The name of this river comes from the term "labara", which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like "the chattering, the rushing one".

The history of the market town of Laaber was shaped for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today, the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach monastery, the Lords of Laaber were first mentioned in a document in 1118. Before that, they called themselves Brunn and were very likely descended in a direct line from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are thus related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers several times since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. For example, from 1334 to 1337, a Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose gravestone was laid in the parish church in Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly family of Laaber also excelled in the field of poetry and minnesang. The most well-known work is "The Hunt" by the minnesinger Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the family of Laaber was still considered very rich. They owned properties all over the area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the death of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the turnaround began, the property was divided, sold and the property was destroyed.

It remained in the hands of its descendants until 1465, but when the last of the Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights to the castle and town, and the rule were divided between dukes and administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and caretaker office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from the land share of George the Rich of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505 , Laaber was added. The 1530s saw the introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg – and therefore also in Laaber. The pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran until 1618. Laaber remained a caretaker office of the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg in the centuries that followed, and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria along with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had market rights since 1393 following the granting of a charter. In 1818, the political municipality was founded, belonging to the Hemau district court and from 1862 to 1879 to the Hemau district office .

The Laaber Castle Ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle on a rock above the center of the Laaber market in the Regensburg district in Bavaria . The facility is listed as a listed architectural monument of Laaber under file number D-3-75-162-8 . It is also listed as an archaeological monument under file number D-3-6937-0237 in the Bavarian Atlas as “archaeological findings from the Middle Ages and early modern times in the area of ​​the Laaber castle ruins”.

History

The castle was built at the end of the 12th century by the Lords of Laaber , who were first mentioned in a document in connection with the founding of the Reichenbach monastery in 1118, to control the river crossings and the “Königsstrasse” in the Labertal on behalf of the Staufer Emperor Friedrich II. , which gave the knights, who were also owners of Prunn Castle and Breitenegg Castle , a significant position of power.

In 1367 Hadamar IV of Laaber, son of the famous minstrel Hadamar III. von Laber , mayor of the imperial city of Regensburg and lived in constant feud with the city after leaving office, which led the city to attack and damage Laaber Castle in 1389.

After the Lords of Laaber got into difficulties in the 15th century, the castle was sold to the Wittelsbachs , but was returned to Ulrich von Laaber in 1466 and, after the Laaber family died out, it came to the Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut and in 1505 to the Duchy Palatinate-Neuburg , which maintained a nursing office at the castle . In 1597 the castle was expanded into a castle , the towers were demolished in 1720 and from 1805, owned by the community, the castle fell into disrepair in the 19th century.

Attachment

The castle complex was separated from the ridge by a deep neck ditch , which in the Middle Ages had a wooden bridge with a drawbridge , protected by a semicircular tower followed by a gate system with a Gothic gate . The second gate and the third gate, which lead through a circular wall several meters thick , show a mighty humpbacked ashlar structure .

The mighty stump of the rectangular keep , with the castle chapel behind it , shows the large, precisely hewn ashlar masonry typical of the period around 1200, and in the south and east of the complex there are still the walls of the residential buildings with windows from the Romanesque period. There was a cistern in the castle courtyard . The Burgplatz is now an archaeological monument .

Laaber is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The place has had market rights since the late 14th century and is now the location of numerous commercial businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

Until the church was founded

The name of the place was first mentioned as “Labere” around 1040. In 1128 it was referred to as “Labera”, in 1180 as “Labara”, in 1186 as “Laber” and finally in 1712 as “Laaber”. The origin of the place name goes back to the Schwarze Laber . The name of this river comes from the term “labara”, which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like “the chattering, rushing one”.

The history of the Laaber market has been determined for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach Monastery, the Lords of Laaber were mentioned for the first time in a document in 1118. Previously they called themselves after Brunn and most likely descended directly from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are therefore related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. In the period from 1334 to 1337, for example, Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose tombstone was placed in the parish church of Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly von Laaber family also distinguished itself in the field of poetry and minne singing. The most famous work is “The Hunt” by minstrel Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the von Laaber family was still considered very rich. They had properties in the entire area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the passing of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the change began, the division of goods, sales and thus the destruction of the property.

It remained in the hands of descendants until 1465, but when the last of the von Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights over the castle and town and the rule were divided between dukes and administrative administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and nursing office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from George the Rich's share of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505, Laaber was also added. The introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg - and also in Laaber - took place in the 1530s . Until 1618, the pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran. In the following centuries, Laaber remained a nursing office for the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria together with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had its market rights since 1393 after a charter was granted. The political community came into being in 1818.

The Lords of Prunn, Laber, Breitenegg and their rule from 1080 to 1475

The family tree of the Lords of Laaber was created by Hund and Aventinus. Franz Xaver Scheuerer presented the work as a new version in the fall of 1980. Both spellings also appear, Herren von Laaber and Laber. They were strict Catholics.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , all places in today's municipality belonged to the Parsberg district . On January 1, 1971, the community of Endorf was incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Bergstetten and Großetzenberg were added. A small part of the dissolved community of Haag with fewer than ten inhabitants was added on May 1, 1978. The Parsberg district was dissolved in 1972, and Laaber became part of the Regensburg district. On January 1, 2014, part of the dissolved unincorporated area of ​​Pielenhofer Wald to the right of the Naab was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the market grew from 4,595 to 5,222 by 627 residents or by 13.7%.

Architectural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. James

Catholic subsidiary church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Anger

Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten

Catholic branch church of the Nativity of Mary in Endorf

Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Großetzenberg

Catholic subsidiary church of St. Joseph in Weißenkirchen

Waldetzenberg Church

Bergstetten Castle

Archaeological monuments

Burgstall Durchelenburg

Eselsburg castle stables

Martinsberg castle stables

Laaber castle ruins

Reason for the coat of arms: The Laaber market is located, overlooked by the mighty castle, embedded in the Black Laber river valley, which gave the place and the dynasty of the Lords of Laaber who lived there their name. Laaber was the center of the imperial rule of the same name. Hadamar IV of Laaber granted the town market rights in 1393 in a large letter of freedom. In 1435, Duke Heinrich of Bavaria-Landshut acquired the rule and gave the market its coat of arms in 1442. Like the coat of arms of Kallmünz, it contains three diamonds in a reduction of the sovereign's coat of arms, but also the reduced Palatine Bavarian lion. The image was also used in the market's seal and banner and was intended to be displayed on the market gates. Later seals emphasized the slope of the side diamonds more strongly. In the 19th century, the lion's head was mistakenly made into a sheep's head. However, the coat of arms was later corrected. The current detailed design of the coat of arms has changed compared to the coat of arms of the 1960s: the crowned lion's head was enlarged to form the central coat of arms and the three diamonds were included as a greatly reduced decoration in the tips of the significantly less elaborate crown.

This coat of arms has been used since 1442.

Personalities

Hadamar von Laber (around 1300–around 1360), important medieval poet

Ludwig Auer (1839–1914), elementary school teacher, writer, publisher and entrepreneur, was born in Laaber

Henning Müller-Buscher (* 1944), German musicologist and publisher ( Laaber-Verlag )

Maria Scharfenberg (* 1952), Bavarian state politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ), lives in Laaber

Albert Schmid (* 1945), former federal politician ( SPD ), was born in Laaber and lives there

Laaber is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The place has had market rights since the late 14th century and is now the location of numerous commercial businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

Until the church was founded

The name of the place was first mentioned as “Labere” around 1040. In 1128 it was referred to as “Labera”, in 1180 as “Labara”, in 1186 as “Laber” and finally in 1712 as “Laaber”. The origin of the place name goes back to the Schwarze Laber . The name of this river comes from the term “labara”, which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like “the chattering, rushing one”.

The history of the Laaber market has been determined for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach Monastery, the Lords of Laaber were mentioned for the first time in a document in 1118. Previously they called themselves after Brunn and most likely descended directly from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are therefore related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. In the period from 1334 to 1337, for example, Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose tombstone was placed in the parish church of Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly von Laaber family also distinguished itself in the field of poetry and minne singing. The most famous work is “The Hunt” by minstrel Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the von Laaber family was still considered very rich. They had properties in the entire area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the passing of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the change began, the division of goods, sales and thus the destruction of the property.

It remained in the hands of descendants until 1465, but when the last of the von Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights over the castle and town and the rule were divided between dukes and administrative administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and nursing office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from George the Rich's share of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505, Laaber was also added. The introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg - and also in Laaber - took place in the 1530s . Until 1618, the pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran. In the following centuries, Laaber remained a nursing office for the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria together with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had its market rights since 1393 after a charter was granted. The political community came into being in 1818.

The Lords of Prunn, Laber, Breitenegg and their rule from 1080 to 1475

The family tree of the Lords of Laaber was created by Hund and Aventinus. Franz Xaver Scheuerer presented the work as a new version in the fall of 1980. Both spellings also appear, Herren von Laaber and Laber. They were strict Catholics.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , all places in today's municipality belonged to the Parsberg district . On January 1, 1971, the community of Endorf was incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Bergstetten and Großetzenberg were added. A small part of the dissolved community of Haag with fewer than ten inhabitants was added on May 1, 1978. The Parsberg district was dissolved in 1972, and Laaber became part of the Regensburg district. On January 1, 2014, part of the dissolved unincorporated area of ​​Pielenhofer Wald to the right of the Naab was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the market grew from 4,595 to 5,222 by 627 residents or by 13.7%.

Architectural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. James

Catholic subsidiary church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Anger

Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten

Catholic branch church of the Nativity of Mary in Endorf

Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Großetzenberg

Catholic subsidiary church of St. Joseph in Weißenkirchen

Waldetzenberg Church

Bergstetten Castle

Archaeological monuments

Burgstall Durchelenburg

Eselsburg castle stables

Martinsberg castle stables

Laaber castle ruins

Reason for the coat of arms: The Laaber market is located, overlooked by the mighty castle, embedded in the Black Laber river valley, which gave the place and the dynasty of the Lords of Laaber who lived there their name. Laaber was the center of the imperial rule of the same name. Hadamar IV of Laaber granted the town market rights in 1393 in a large letter of freedom. In 1435, Duke Heinrich of Bavaria-Landshut acquired the rule and gave the market its coat of arms in 1442. Like the coat of arms of Kallmünz, it contains three diamonds in a reduction of the sovereign's coat of arms, but also the reduced Palatine Bavarian lion. The image was also used in the market's seal and banner and was intended to be displayed on the market gates. Later seals emphasized the slope of the side diamonds more strongly. In the 19th century, the lion's head was mistakenly made into a sheep's head. However, the coat of arms was later corrected. The current detailed design of the coat of arms has changed compared to the coat of arms of the 1960s: the crowned lion's head was enlarged to form the central coat of arms and the three diamonds were included as a greatly reduced decoration in the tips of the significantly less elaborate crown.

This coat of arms has been used since 1442.

Personalities

Hadamar von Laber (around 1300–around 1360), important medieval poet

Ludwig Auer (1839–1914), elementary school teacher, writer, publisher and entrepreneur, was born in Laaber

Henning Müller-Buscher (* 1944), German musicologist and publisher ( Laaber-Verlag )

Maria Scharfenberg (* 1952), Bavarian state politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ), lives in Laaber

Albert Schmid (* 1945), former federal politician ( SPD ), was born in Laaber and lives there

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The Laaber Castle Ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle on a rock above the center of the Laaber market in the Regensburg district in Bavaria . The facility is listed as a listed architectural monument of Laaber under file number D-3-75-162-8 . It is also listed as an archaeological monument under file number D-3-6937-0237 in the Bavarian Atlas as “archaeological findings from the Middle Ages and early modern times in the area of ​​the Laaber castle ruins”.

History

The castle was built at the end of the 12th century by the Lords of Laaber , who were first mentioned in a document in connection with the founding of the Reichenbach monastery in 1118, to control the river crossings and the “Königsstrasse” in the Labertal on behalf of the Staufer Emperor Friedrich II. , which gave the knights, who were also owners of Prunn Castle and Breitenegg Castle , a significant position of power.

In 1367 Hadamar IV of Laaber, son of the famous minstrel Hadamar III. von Laber , mayor of the imperial city of Regensburg and lived in constant feud with the city after leaving office, which led the city to attack and damage Laaber Castle in 1389.

After the Lords of Laaber got into difficulties in the 15th century, the castle was sold to the Wittelsbachs , but was returned to Ulrich von Laaber in 1466 and, after the Laaber family died out, it came to the Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut and in 1505 to the Duchy Palatinate-Neuburg , which maintained a nursing office at the castle . In 1597 the castle was expanded into a castle , the towers were demolished in 1720 and from 1805, owned by the community, the castle fell into disrepair in the 19th century.

Attachment

The castle complex was separated from the ridge by a deep neck ditch , which in the Middle Ages had a wooden bridge with a drawbridge , protected by a semicircular tower followed by a gate system with a Gothic gate . The second gate and the third gate, which lead through a circular wall several meters thick , show a mighty humpbacked ashlar structure .

The mighty stump of the rectangular keep , with the castle chapel behind it , shows the large, precisely hewn ashlar masonry typical of the period around 1200, and in the south and east of the complex there are still the walls of the residential buildings with windows from the Romanesque period. There was a cistern in the castle courtyard . The Burgplatz is now an archaeological monument .

Laaber is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The place has had market rights since the late 14th century and is now the location of numerous commercial businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

Until the church was founded

The name of the place was first mentioned as “Labere” around 1040. In 1128 it was referred to as “Labera”, in 1180 as “Labara”, in 1186 as “Laber” and finally in 1712 as “Laaber”. The origin of the place name goes back to the Schwarze Laber . The name of this river comes from the term “labara”, which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like “the chattering, rushing one”.

The history of the Laaber market has been determined for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach Monastery, the Lords of Laaber were mentioned for the first time in a document in 1118. Previously they called themselves after Brunn and most likely descended directly from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are therefore related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. In the period from 1334 to 1337, for example, Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose tombstone was placed in the parish church of Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly von Laaber family also distinguished itself in the field of poetry and minne singing. The most famous work is “The Hunt” by minstrel Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the von Laaber family was still considered very rich. They had properties in the entire area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the passing of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the change began, the division of goods, sales and thus the destruction of the property.

It remained in the hands of descendants until 1465, but when the last of the von Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights over the castle and town and the rule were divided between dukes and administrative administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and nursing office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from George the Rich's share of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505, Laaber was also added. The introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg - and also in Laaber - took place in the 1530s . Until 1618, the pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran. In the following centuries, Laaber remained a nursing office for the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria together with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had its market rights since 1393 after a charter was granted. The political community came into being in 1818.

The Lords of Prunn, Laber, Breitenegg and their rule from 1080 to 1475

The family tree of the Lords of Laaber was created by Hund and Aventinus. Franz Xaver Scheuerer presented the work as a new version in the fall of 1980. Both spellings also appear, Herren von Laaber and Laber. They were strict Catholics.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , all places in today's municipality belonged to the Parsberg district . On January 1, 1971, the community of Endorf was incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Bergstetten and Großetzenberg were added. A small part of the dissolved community of Haag with fewer than ten inhabitants was added on May 1, 1978. The Parsberg district was dissolved in 1972, and Laaber became part of the Regensburg district. On January 1, 2014, part of the dissolved unincorporated area of ​​Pielenhofer Wald to the right of the Naab was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the market grew from 4,595 to 5,222 by 627 residents or by 13.7%.

Architectural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. James

Catholic subsidiary church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Anger

Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten

Catholic branch church of the Nativity of Mary in Endorf

Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Großetzenberg

Catholic subsidiary church of St. Joseph in Weißenkirchen

Waldetzenberg Church

Bergstetten Castle

Archaeological monuments

Burgstall Durchelenburg

Eselsburg castle stables

Martinsberg castle stables

Laaber castle ruins

Reason for the coat of arms: The Laaber market is located, overlooked by the mighty castle, embedded in the Black Laber river valley, which gave the place and the dynasty of the Lords of Laaber who lived there their name. Laaber was the center of the imperial rule of the same name. Hadamar IV of Laaber granted the town market rights in 1393 in a large letter of freedom. In 1435, Duke Heinrich of Bavaria-Landshut acquired the rule and gave the market its coat of arms in 1442. Like the coat of arms of Kallmünz, it contains three diamonds in a reduction of the sovereign's coat of arms, but also the reduced Palatine Bavarian lion. The image was also used in the market's seal and banner and was intended to be displayed on the market gates. Later seals emphasized the slope of the side diamonds more strongly. In the 19th century, the lion's head was mistakenly made into a sheep's head. However, the coat of arms was later corrected. The current detailed design of the coat of arms has changed compared to the coat of arms of the 1960s: the crowned lion's head was enlarged to form the central coat of arms and the three diamonds were included as a greatly reduced decoration in the tips of the significantly less elaborate crown.

This coat of arms has been used since 1442.

Personalities

Hadamar von Laber (around 1300–around 1360), important medieval poet

Ludwig Auer (1839–1914), elementary school teacher, writer, publisher and entrepreneur, was born in Laaber

Henning Müller-Buscher (* 1944), German musicologist and publisher ( Laaber-Verlag )

Maria Scharfenberg (* 1952), Bavarian state politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ), lives in Laaber

Albert Schmid (* 1945), former federal politician ( SPD ), was born in Laaber and lives there

Am 26. Juli 2025 zeigte sich Stuttgart von seiner stilleren Seite – Regen, spiegelnde Straßen und ein fast leerer Schlossplatz.

Zwischen Tropfen, Reflexionen und gedämpftem Licht bot die Stadt eine ganz eigene Stimmung: ruhig, klar und überraschend farbig.

Mit der Fujifilm X-H2 entstanden diese Aufnahmen – konzentriert auf Licht, Struktur und Atmosphäre eines Sommertags, der anders war als geplant, aber genau deshalb besonders.

Mehr Fotos und Serien findest du auf 👉 www.fujicolours.com

— Stuttgart, Schlossplatz, 26. Juli 2025 ☔

Laaber is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The place has had market rights since the late 14th century and is now the location of numerous commercial businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

Until the church was founded

The name of the place was first mentioned as “Labere” around 1040. In 1128 it was referred to as “Labera”, in 1180 as “Labara”, in 1186 as “Laber” and finally in 1712 as “Laaber”. The origin of the place name goes back to the Schwarze Laber . The name of this river comes from the term “labara”, which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like “the chattering, rushing one”.

The history of the Laaber market has been determined for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach Monastery, the Lords of Laaber were mentioned for the first time in a document in 1118. Previously they called themselves after Brunn and most likely descended directly from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are therefore related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. In the period from 1334 to 1337, for example, Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose tombstone was placed in the parish church of Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly von Laaber family also distinguished itself in the field of poetry and minne singing. The most famous work is “The Hunt” by minstrel Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the von Laaber family was still considered very rich. They had properties in the entire area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the passing of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the change began, the division of goods, sales and thus the destruction of the property.

It remained in the hands of descendants until 1465, but when the last of the von Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights over the castle and town and the rule were divided between dukes and administrative administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and nursing office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from George the Rich's share of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505, Laaber was also added. The introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg - and also in Laaber - took place in the 1530s . Until 1618, the pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran. In the following centuries, Laaber remained a nursing office for the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria together with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had its market rights since 1393 after a charter was granted. The political community came into being in 1818.

The Lords of Prunn, Laber, Breitenegg and their rule from 1080 to 1475

The family tree of the Lords of Laaber was created by Hund and Aventinus. Franz Xaver Scheuerer presented the work as a new version in the fall of 1980. Both spellings also appear, Herren von Laaber and Laber. They were strict Catholics.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , all places in today's municipality belonged to the Parsberg district . On January 1, 1971, the community of Endorf was incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Bergstetten and Großetzenberg were added. A small part of the dissolved community of Haag with fewer than ten inhabitants was added on May 1, 1978. The Parsberg district was dissolved in 1972, and Laaber became part of the Regensburg district. On January 1, 2014, part of the dissolved unincorporated area of ​​Pielenhofer Wald to the right of the Naab was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the market grew from 4,595 to 5,222 by 627 residents or by 13.7%.

Architectural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. James

Catholic subsidiary church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Anger

Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten

Catholic branch church of the Nativity of Mary in Endorf

Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Großetzenberg

Catholic subsidiary church of St. Joseph in Weißenkirchen

Waldetzenberg Church

Bergstetten Castle

Archaeological monuments

Burgstall Durchelenburg

Eselsburg castle stables

Martinsberg castle stables

Laaber castle ruins

Reason for the coat of arms: The Laaber market is located, overlooked by the mighty castle, embedded in the Black Laber river valley, which gave the place and the dynasty of the Lords of Laaber who lived there their name. Laaber was the center of the imperial rule of the same name. Hadamar IV of Laaber granted the town market rights in 1393 in a large letter of freedom. In 1435, Duke Heinrich of Bavaria-Landshut acquired the rule and gave the market its coat of arms in 1442. Like the coat of arms of Kallmünz, it contains three diamonds in a reduction of the sovereign's coat of arms, but also the reduced Palatine Bavarian lion. The image was also used in the market's seal and banner and was intended to be displayed on the market gates. Later seals emphasized the slope of the side diamonds more strongly. In the 19th century, the lion's head was mistakenly made into a sheep's head. However, the coat of arms was later corrected. The current detailed design of the coat of arms has changed compared to the coat of arms of the 1960s: the crowned lion's head was enlarged to form the central coat of arms and the three diamonds were included as a greatly reduced decoration in the tips of the significantly less elaborate crown.

This coat of arms has been used since 1442.

Personalities

Hadamar von Laber (around 1300–around 1360), important medieval poet

Ludwig Auer (1839–1914), elementary school teacher, writer, publisher and entrepreneur, was born in Laaber

Henning Müller-Buscher (* 1944), German musicologist and publisher ( Laaber-Verlag )

Maria Scharfenberg (* 1952), Bavarian state politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ), lives in Laaber

Albert Schmid (* 1945), former federal politician ( SPD ), was born in Laaber and lives there

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— Stuttgart, Schlossplatz, 26. Juli 2025 ☔

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The baroque reconstructed palace building on the left contrasts with the modern Humboldt Forum architecture on the right. The stepped seating area in the foreground is part of the Schlossplatz, where people gather

Stacked stones on a trail. Harz, Germany.

Harz, Germany.

Ein ruhiger Herbsttag in Weimar, aufgenommen am 4. Oktober 2025 mit der Fujifilm X-H2.

Weiches Licht, klare Luft, Blätter in warmen Farbtönen – die Stadt zeigt im Herbst eine eigene, stille Schönheit. Zwischen Altstadt, Park an der Ilm und kleinen Gassen entstanden diese Aufnahmen, ohne Plan, einfach beim Gehen und Beobachten.

Ich wollte das Gefühl festhalten, das der Herbst in Weimar hinterlässt – still, farbig, vergänglich und friedlich.

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— Weimar, Oktober 2025 🍁

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Der Schmetterling auf dem Bild ist ein Monarchfalter (Danaus plexippus).

Merkmale des Monarchfalters

Aussehen: Erwachsene Falter haben zwei Paare leuchtend orange-roter Flügel mit schwarzen Adern und weißen Flecken entlang der Ränder.

Geschlechtsunterschiede: Männchen sind etwas größer als Weibchen und besitzen an den Adern ihrer Hinterflügel einen charakteristischen schwarzen Punkt (Duftschuppenfleck). Bei dem abgebildeten Falter, der diese Punkte auf den Hinterflügeln zeigt, handelt es sich somit um ein Männchen.

Verbreitung: Sie sind vor allem in Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika verbreitet, kommen aber auch in Australien, Hawaii und anderen Regionen vor.

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The Laaber Castle Ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle on a rock above the center of the Laaber market in the Regensburg district in Bavaria . The facility is listed as a listed architectural monument of Laaber under file number D-3-75-162-8 . It is also listed as an archaeological monument under file number D-3-6937-0237 in the Bavarian Atlas as “archaeological findings from the Middle Ages and early modern times in the area of ​​the Laaber castle ruins”.

History

The castle was built at the end of the 12th century by the Lords of Laaber , who were first mentioned in a document in connection with the founding of the Reichenbach monastery in 1118, to control the river crossings and the “Königsstrasse” in the Labertal on behalf of the Staufer Emperor Friedrich II. , which gave the knights, who were also owners of Prunn Castle and Breitenegg Castle , a significant position of power.

In 1367 Hadamar IV of Laaber, son of the famous minstrel Hadamar III. von Laber , mayor of the imperial city of Regensburg and lived in constant feud with the city after leaving office, which led the city to attack and damage Laaber Castle in 1389.

After the Lords of Laaber got into difficulties in the 15th century, the castle was sold to the Wittelsbachs , but was returned to Ulrich von Laaber in 1466 and, after the Laaber family died out, it came to the Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut and in 1505 to the Duchy Palatinate-Neuburg , which maintained a nursing office at the castle . In 1597 the castle was expanded into a castle , the towers were demolished in 1720 and from 1805, owned by the community, the castle fell into disrepair in the 19th century.

Attachment

The castle complex was separated from the ridge by a deep neck ditch , which in the Middle Ages had a wooden bridge with a drawbridge , protected by a semicircular tower followed by a gate system with a Gothic gate . The second gate and the third gate, which lead through a circular wall several meters thick , show a mighty humpbacked ashlar structure .

The mighty stump of the rectangular keep , with the castle chapel behind it , shows the large, precisely hewn ashlar masonry typical of the period around 1200, and in the south and east of the complex there are still the walls of the residential buildings with windows from the Romanesque period. There was a cistern in the castle courtyard . The Burgplatz is now an archaeological monument .

Laaber is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The place has had market rights since the late 14th century and is now the location of numerous commercial businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

Until the church was founded

The name of the place was first mentioned as “Labere” around 1040. In 1128 it was referred to as “Labera”, in 1180 as “Labara”, in 1186 as “Laber” and finally in 1712 as “Laaber”. The origin of the place name goes back to the Schwarze Laber . The name of this river comes from the term “labara”, which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like “the chattering, rushing one”.

The history of the Laaber market has been determined for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach Monastery, the Lords of Laaber were mentioned for the first time in a document in 1118. Previously they called themselves after Brunn and most likely descended directly from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are therefore related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. In the period from 1334 to 1337, for example, Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose tombstone was placed in the parish church of Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly von Laaber family also distinguished itself in the field of poetry and minne singing. The most famous work is “The Hunt” by minstrel Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the von Laaber family was still considered very rich. They had properties in the entire area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the passing of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the change began, the division of goods, sales and thus the destruction of the property.

It remained in the hands of descendants until 1465, but when the last of the von Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights over the castle and town and the rule were divided between dukes and administrative administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and nursing office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from George the Rich's share of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505, Laaber was also added. The introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg - and also in Laaber - took place in the 1530s . Until 1618, the pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran. In the following centuries, Laaber remained a nursing office for the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria together with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had its market rights since 1393 after a charter was granted. The political community came into being in 1818.

The Lords of Prunn, Laber, Breitenegg and their rule from 1080 to 1475

The family tree of the Lords of Laaber was created by Hund and Aventinus. Franz Xaver Scheuerer presented the work as a new version in the fall of 1980. Both spellings also appear, Herren von Laaber and Laber. They were strict Catholics.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , all places in today's municipality belonged to the Parsberg district . On January 1, 1971, the community of Endorf was incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Bergstetten and Großetzenberg were added. A small part of the dissolved community of Haag with fewer than ten inhabitants was added on May 1, 1978. The Parsberg district was dissolved in 1972, and Laaber became part of the Regensburg district. On January 1, 2014, part of the dissolved unincorporated area of ​​Pielenhofer Wald to the right of the Naab was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the market grew from 4,595 to 5,222 by 627 residents or by 13.7%.

Architectural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. James

Catholic subsidiary church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Anger

Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten

Catholic branch church of the Nativity of Mary in Endorf

Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Großetzenberg

Catholic subsidiary church of St. Joseph in Weißenkirchen

Waldetzenberg Church

Bergstetten Castle

Archaeological monuments

Burgstall Durchelenburg

Eselsburg castle stables

Martinsberg castle stables

Laaber castle ruins

Reason for the coat of arms: The Laaber market is located, overlooked by the mighty castle, embedded in the Black Laber river valley, which gave the place and the dynasty of the Lords of Laaber who lived there their name. Laaber was the center of the imperial rule of the same name. Hadamar IV of Laaber granted the town market rights in 1393 in a large letter of freedom. In 1435, Duke Heinrich of Bavaria-Landshut acquired the rule and gave the market its coat of arms in 1442. Like the coat of arms of Kallmünz, it contains three diamonds in a reduction of the sovereign's coat of arms, but also the reduced Palatine Bavarian lion. The image was also used in the market's seal and banner and was intended to be displayed on the market gates. Later seals emphasized the slope of the side diamonds more strongly. In the 19th century, the lion's head was mistakenly made into a sheep's head. However, the coat of arms was later corrected. The current detailed design of the coat of arms has changed compared to the coat of arms of the 1960s: the crowned lion's head was enlarged to form the central coat of arms and the three diamonds were included as a greatly reduced decoration in the tips of the significantly less elaborate crown.

This coat of arms has been used since 1442.

Personalities

Hadamar von Laber (around 1300–around 1360), important medieval poet

Ludwig Auer (1839–1914), elementary school teacher, writer, publisher and entrepreneur, was born in Laaber

Henning Müller-Buscher (* 1944), German musicologist and publisher ( Laaber-Verlag )

Maria Scharfenberg (* 1952), Bavarian state politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ), lives in Laaber

Albert Schmid (* 1945), former federal politician ( SPD ), was born in Laaber and lives there.

Harz, Germany.

Am 3. Oktober 2025 führte mich eine Wanderung auf den Großen Hörselberg in Thüringen – bei klarem Licht, warmem Herbstwind und weitem Blick über das Land.

Von oben reichte die Sicht bis zum Großen Inselsberg und hinüber nach Eisenach, wo die Wartburg in der Sonne glänzte.

Die Fujifilm X-H2 war mein Begleiter – ideal, um Farben, Strukturen und die ruhige Weite dieses Tages festzuhalten. Kein Nebel, keine Eile, nur Licht, Landschaft und Stille.

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— Großer Hörselberg, Thüringen, 3. Oktober 2025 ☀️🍁

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The Laaber Castle Ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle on a rock above the center of the Laaber market in the Regensburg district in Bavaria . The facility is listed as a listed architectural monument of Laaber under file number D-3-75-162-8 . It is also listed as an archaeological monument under file number D-3-6937-0237 in the Bavarian Atlas as “archaeological findings from the Middle Ages and early modern times in the area of ​​the Laaber castle ruins”.

History

The castle was built at the end of the 12th century by the Lords of Laaber , who were first mentioned in a document in connection with the founding of the Reichenbach monastery in 1118, to control the river crossings and the “Königsstrasse” in the Labertal on behalf of the Staufer Emperor Friedrich II. , which gave the knights, who were also owners of Prunn Castle and Breitenegg Castle , a significant position of power.

In 1367 Hadamar IV of Laaber, son of the famous minstrel Hadamar III. von Laber , mayor of the imperial city of Regensburg and lived in constant feud with the city after leaving office, which led the city to attack and damage Laaber Castle in 1389.

After the Lords of Laaber got into difficulties in the 15th century, the castle was sold to the Wittelsbachs , but was returned to Ulrich von Laaber in 1466 and, after the Laaber family died out, it came to the Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut and in 1505 to the Duchy Palatinate-Neuburg , which maintained a nursing office at the castle . In 1597 the castle was expanded into a castle , the towers were demolished in 1720 and from 1805, owned by the community, the castle fell into disrepair in the 19th century.

Attachment

The castle complex was separated from the ridge by a deep neck ditch , which in the Middle Ages had a wooden bridge with a drawbridge , protected by a semicircular tower followed by a gate system with a Gothic gate . The second gate and the third gate, which lead through a circular wall several meters thick , show a mighty humpbacked ashlar structure .

The mighty stump of the rectangular keep , with the castle chapel behind it , shows the large, precisely hewn ashlar masonry typical of the period around 1200, and in the south and east of the complex there are still the walls of the residential buildings with windows from the Romanesque period. There was a cistern in the castle courtyard . The Burgplatz is now an archaeological monument .

Laaber is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The place has had market rights since the late 14th century and is now the location of numerous commercial businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

Until the church was founded

The name of the place was first mentioned as “Labere” around 1040. In 1128 it was referred to as “Labera”, in 1180 as “Labara”, in 1186 as “Laber” and finally in 1712 as “Laaber”. The origin of the place name goes back to the Schwarze Laber . The name of this river comes from the term “labara”, which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like “the chattering, rushing one”.

The history of the Laaber market has been determined for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach Monastery, the Lords of Laaber were mentioned for the first time in a document in 1118. Previously they called themselves after Brunn and most likely descended directly from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are therefore related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. In the period from 1334 to 1337, for example, Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose tombstone was placed in the parish church of Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly von Laaber family also distinguished itself in the field of poetry and minne singing. The most famous work is “The Hunt” by minstrel Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the von Laaber family was still considered very rich. They had properties in the entire area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the passing of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the change began, the division of goods, sales and thus the destruction of the property.

It remained in the hands of descendants until 1465, but when the last of the von Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights over the castle and town and the rule were divided between dukes and administrative administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and nursing office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from George the Rich's share of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505, Laaber was also added. The introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg - and also in Laaber - took place in the 1530s . Until 1618, the pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran. In the following centuries, Laaber remained a nursing office for the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria together with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had its market rights since 1393 after a charter was granted. The political community came into being in 1818.

The Lords of Prunn, Laber, Breitenegg and their rule from 1080 to 1475

The family tree of the Lords of Laaber was created by Hund and Aventinus. Franz Xaver Scheuerer presented the work as a new version in the fall of 1980. Both spellings also appear, Herren von Laaber and Laber. They were strict Catholics.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , all places in today's municipality belonged to the Parsberg district . On January 1, 1971, the community of Endorf was incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Bergstetten and Großetzenberg were added. A small part of the dissolved community of Haag with fewer than ten inhabitants was added on May 1, 1978. The Parsberg district was dissolved in 1972, and Laaber became part of the Regensburg district. On January 1, 2014, part of the dissolved unincorporated area of ​​Pielenhofer Wald to the right of the Naab was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the market grew from 4,595 to 5,222 by 627 residents or by 13.7%.

Architectural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. James

Catholic subsidiary church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Anger

Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten

Catholic branch church of the Nativity of Mary in Endorf

Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Großetzenberg

Catholic subsidiary church of St. Joseph in Weißenkirchen

Waldetzenberg Church

Bergstetten Castle

Archaeological monuments

Burgstall Durchelenburg

Eselsburg castle stables

Martinsberg castle stables

Laaber castle ruins

Reason for the coat of arms: The Laaber market is located, overlooked by the mighty castle, embedded in the Black Laber river valley, which gave the place and the dynasty of the Lords of Laaber who lived there their name. Laaber was the center of the imperial rule of the same name. Hadamar IV of Laaber granted the town market rights in 1393 in a large letter of freedom. In 1435, Duke Heinrich of Bavaria-Landshut acquired the rule and gave the market its coat of arms in 1442. Like the coat of arms of Kallmünz, it contains three diamonds in a reduction of the sovereign's coat of arms, but also the reduced Palatine Bavarian lion. The image was also used in the market's seal and banner and was intended to be displayed on the market gates. Later seals emphasized the slope of the side diamonds more strongly. In the 19th century, the lion's head was mistakenly made into a sheep's head. However, the coat of arms was later corrected. The current detailed design of the coat of arms has changed compared to the coat of arms of the 1960s: the crowned lion's head was enlarged to form the central coat of arms and the three diamonds were included as a greatly reduced decoration in the tips of the significantly less elaborate crown.

This coat of arms has been used since 1442.

Personalities

Hadamar von Laber (around 1300–around 1360), important medieval poet

Ludwig Auer (1839–1914), elementary school teacher, writer, publisher and entrepreneur, was born in Laaber

Henning Müller-Buscher (* 1944), German musicologist and publisher ( Laaber-Verlag )

Maria Scharfenberg (* 1952), Bavarian state politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ), lives in Laaber

Albert Schmid (* 1945), former federal politician ( SPD ), was born in Laaber and lives there

St. Jakobus in Laaber is the main church of the Roman Catholic parish of Laaber, which also includes the churches of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten , St. Johannes Baptist in Großetzenberg and St. Maria in Endorf . The church is located in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria (Kirchplatz 17).

History and design

The oldest parts of the church date back to the 15th century. The tower was renovated in 1735 and the nave was expanded in 1738. In the middle of the 18th century, the church was decorated with foliage and ribbons and later with rococo shells . The ceiling fresco depicts the beheading of Saint James the Elder . It was designed by Otto Gebhard in 1750 , and the same fresco can also be found in Cham in the parish church of St. Jakob .

Further restorations took place in 1884 and in 1952 by Hanns Beckers . The interior was renovated in 1997. During the renovation in 1952, the church was rotated 90 degrees and significantly expanded.

The high altar, which shows the glorification of James, was moved into the newly created choir room . The high altar dates from the late 17th century and was allegedly consecrated by the Regensburg bishop Franz Wilhelm Graf von Wartenberg . In the altar table there are supposedly relics of Saint James. The newly created ceiling painting depicts the calling of the Apostle James. The altarpiece on the side altar shows the motif “ The Seven Holy Refuges ”.

The oldest piece of equipment is a Romanesque baptismal font from the 13th century with a Gothic base.

The epitaph of Hadmar IV von Laaber shows him in high medieval armor. The inscription on the epitaph reads: Anno. dni. m. cccc . xx. at . the . little child. Day . died. the noble. Mr . Hadmar. the old h'r. between lab. God has mercy on him and gives the date of death as December 28, 1420. Hadmar was born in 1364 and was, among other things, mayor of Regensburg.

Next to the east entrance is the St. James Bell from 1786. Due to damage in 1976, it was replaced by the “Peace Bell” in the spring of 1982.

Laaber is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The place has had market rights since the late 14th century and is now the location of numerous commercial businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

Until the church was founded

The name of the place was first mentioned as “Labere” around 1040. In 1128 it was referred to as “Labera”, in 1180 as “Labara”, in 1186 as “Laber” and finally in 1712 as “Laaber”. The origin of the place name goes back to the Schwarze Laber . The name of this river comes from the term “labara”, which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like “the chattering, rushing one”.

The history of the Laaber market has been determined for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach Monastery, the Lords of Laaber were mentioned for the first time in a document in 1118. Previously they called themselves after Brunn and most likely descended directly from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are therefore related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. In the period from 1334 to 1337, for example, Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose tombstone was placed in the parish church of Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly von Laaber family also distinguished itself in the field of poetry and minne singing. The most famous work is “The Hunt” by minstrel Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the von Laaber family was still considered very rich. They had properties in the entire area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the passing of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the change began, the division of goods, sales and thus the destruction of the property.

It remained in the hands of descendants until 1465, but when the last of the von Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights over the castle and town and the rule were divided between dukes and administrative administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and nursing office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from George the Rich's share of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505, Laaber was also added. The introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg - and also in Laaber - took place in the 1530s . Until 1618, the pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran. In the following centuries, Laaber remained a nursing office for the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria together with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had its market rights since 1393 after a charter was granted. The political community came into being in 1818.

The Lords of Prunn, Laber, Breitenegg and their rule from 1080 to 1475

The family tree of the Lords of Laaber was created by Hund and Aventinus. Franz Xaver Scheuerer presented the work as a new version in the fall of 1980. Both spellings also appear, Herren von Laaber and Laber. They were strict Catholics.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , all places in today's municipality belonged to the Parsberg district . On January 1, 1971, the community of Endorf was incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Bergstetten and Großetzenberg were added. A small part of the dissolved community of Haag with fewer than ten inhabitants was added on May 1, 1978. The Parsberg district was dissolved in 1972, and Laaber became part of the Regensburg district. On January 1, 2014, part of the dissolved unincorporated area of ​​Pielenhofer Wald to the right of the Naab was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the market grew from 4,595 to 5,222 by 627 residents or by 13.7%.

Architectural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. James

Catholic subsidiary church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Anger

Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten

Catholic branch church of the Nativity of Mary in Endorf

Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Großetzenberg

Catholic subsidiary church of St. Joseph in Weißenkirchen

Waldetzenberg Church

Bergstetten Castle

Archaeological monuments

Burgstall Durchelenburg

Eselsburg castle stables

Martinsberg castle stables

Laaber castle ruins

Reason for the coat of arms: The Laaber market is located, overlooked by the mighty castle, embedded in the Black Laber river valley, which gave the place and the dynasty of the Lords of Laaber who lived there their name. Laaber was the center of the imperial rule of the same name. Hadamar IV of Laaber granted the town market rights in 1393 in a large letter of freedom. In 1435, Duke Heinrich of Bavaria-Landshut acquired the rule and gave the market its coat of arms in 1442. Like the coat of arms of Kallmünz, it contains three diamonds in a reduction of the sovereign's coat of arms, but also the reduced Palatine Bavarian lion. The image was also used in the market's seal and banner and was intended to be displayed on the market gates. Later seals emphasized the slope of the side diamonds more strongly. In the 19th century, the lion's head was mistakenly made into a sheep's head. However, the coat of arms was later corrected. The current detailed design of the coat of arms has changed compared to the coat of arms of the 1960s: the crowned lion's head was enlarged to form the central coat of arms and the three diamonds were included as a greatly reduced decoration in the tips of the significantly less elaborate crown.

This coat of arms has been used since 1442.

Personalities

Hadamar von Laber (around 1300–around 1360), important medieval poet

Ludwig Auer (1839–1914), elementary school teacher, writer, publisher and entrepreneur, was born in Laaber

Henning Müller-Buscher (* 1944), German musicologist and publisher ( Laaber-Verlag )

Maria Scharfenberg (* 1952), Bavarian state politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ), lives in Laaber

Albert Schmid (* 1945), former federal politician ( SPD ), was born in Laaber and lives there

St. Jakobus in Laaber is the main church of the Roman Catholic parish of Laaber, which also includes the churches of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten , St. Johannes Baptist in Großetzenberg and St. Maria in Endorf . The church is located in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria (Kirchplatz 17).

History and design

The oldest parts of the church date back to the 15th century. The tower was renovated in 1735 and the nave was expanded in 1738. In the middle of the 18th century, the church was decorated with foliage and ribbons and later with rococo shells . The ceiling fresco depicts the beheading of Saint James the Elder . It was designed by Otto Gebhard in 1750 , and the same fresco can also be found in Cham in the parish church of St. Jakob .

Further restorations took place in 1884 and in 1952 by Hanns Beckers . The interior was renovated in 1997. During the renovation in 1952, the church was rotated 90 degrees and significantly expanded.

The high altar, which shows the glorification of James, was moved into the newly created choir room . The high altar dates from the late 17th century and was allegedly consecrated by the Regensburg bishop Franz Wilhelm Graf von Wartenberg . In the altar table there are supposedly relics of Saint James. The newly created ceiling painting depicts the calling of the Apostle James. The altarpiece on the side altar shows the motif “ The Seven Holy Refuges ”.

The oldest piece of equipment is a Romanesque baptismal font from the 13th century with a Gothic base.

The epitaph of Hadmar IV von Laaber shows him in high medieval armor. The inscription on the epitaph reads: Anno. dni. m. cccc . xx. at . the . little child. Day . died. the noble. Mr . Hadmar. the old h'r. between lab. God has mercy on him and gives the date of death as December 28, 1420. Hadmar was born in 1364 and was, among other things, mayor of Regensburg.

Next to the east entrance is the St. James Bell from 1786. Due to damage in 1976, it was replaced by the “Peace Bell” in the spring of 1982.

Laaber is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The place has had market rights since the late 14th century and is now the location of numerous commercial businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

Until the church was founded

The name of the place was first mentioned as “Labere” around 1040. In 1128 it was referred to as “Labera”, in 1180 as “Labara”, in 1186 as “Laber” and finally in 1712 as “Laaber”. The origin of the place name goes back to the Schwarze Laber . The name of this river comes from the term “labara”, which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like “the chattering, rushing one”.

The history of the Laaber market has been determined for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach Monastery, the Lords of Laaber were mentioned for the first time in a document in 1118. Previously they called themselves after Brunn and most likely descended directly from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are therefore related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. In the period from 1334 to 1337, for example, Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose tombstone was placed in the parish church of Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly von Laaber family also distinguished itself in the field of poetry and minne singing. The most famous work is “The Hunt” by minstrel Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the von Laaber family was still considered very rich. They had properties in the entire area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the passing of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the change began, the division of goods, sales and thus the destruction of the property.

It remained in the hands of descendants until 1465, but when the last of the von Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights over the castle and town and the rule were divided between dukes and administrative administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and nursing office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from George the Rich's share of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505, Laaber was also added. The introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg - and also in Laaber - took place in the 1530s . Until 1618, the pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran. In the following centuries, Laaber remained a nursing office for the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria together with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had its market rights since 1393 after a charter was granted. The political community came into being in 1818.

The Lords of Prunn, Laber, Breitenegg and their rule from 1080 to 1475

The family tree of the Lords of Laaber was created by Hund and Aventinus. Franz Xaver Scheuerer presented the work as a new version in the fall of 1980. Both spellings also appear, Herren von Laaber and Laber. They were strict Catholics.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , all places in today's municipality belonged to the Parsberg district . On January 1, 1971, the community of Endorf was incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Bergstetten and Großetzenberg were added. A small part of the dissolved community of Haag with fewer than ten inhabitants was added on May 1, 1978. The Parsberg district was dissolved in 1972, and Laaber became part of the Regensburg district. On January 1, 2014, part of the dissolved unincorporated area of ​​Pielenhofer Wald to the right of the Naab was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the market grew from 4,595 to 5,222 by 627 residents or by 13.7%.

Architectural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. James

Catholic subsidiary church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Anger

Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten

Catholic branch church of the Nativity of Mary in Endorf

Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Großetzenberg

Catholic subsidiary church of St. Joseph in Weißenkirchen

Waldetzenberg Church

Bergstetten Castle

Archaeological monuments

Burgstall Durchelenburg

Eselsburg castle stables

Martinsberg castle stables

Laaber castle ruins

Reason for the coat of arms: The Laaber market is located, overlooked by the mighty castle, embedded in the Black Laber river valley, which gave the place and the dynasty of the Lords of Laaber who lived there their name. Laaber was the center of the imperial rule of the same name. Hadamar IV of Laaber granted the town market rights in 1393 in a large letter of freedom. In 1435, Duke Heinrich of Bavaria-Landshut acquired the rule and gave the market its coat of arms in 1442. Like the coat of arms of Kallmünz, it contains three diamonds in a reduction of the sovereign's coat of arms, but also the reduced Palatine Bavarian lion. The image was also used in the market's seal and banner and was intended to be displayed on the market gates. Later seals emphasized the slope of the side diamonds more strongly. In the 19th century, the lion's head was mistakenly made into a sheep's head. However, the coat of arms was later corrected. The current detailed design of the coat of arms has changed compared to the coat of arms of the 1960s: the crowned lion's head was enlarged to form the central coat of arms and the three diamonds were included as a greatly reduced decoration in the tips of the significantly less elaborate crown.

This coat of arms has been used since 1442.

Personalities

Hadamar von Laber (around 1300–around 1360), important medieval poet

Ludwig Auer (1839–1914), elementary school teacher, writer, publisher and entrepreneur, was born in Laaber

Henning Müller-Buscher (* 1944), German musicologist and publisher ( Laaber-Verlag )

Maria Scharfenberg (* 1952), Bavarian state politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ), lives in Laaber

Albert Schmid (* 1945), former federal politician ( SPD ), was born in Laaber and lives there

Laaber is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The place has had market rights since the late 14th century and is now the location of numerous commercial businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

Until the church was founded

The name of the place was first mentioned as “Labere” around 1040. In 1128 it was referred to as “Labera”, in 1180 as “Labara”, in 1186 as “Laber” and finally in 1712 as “Laaber”. The origin of the place name goes back to the Schwarze Laber . The name of this river comes from the term “labara”, which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like “the chattering, rushing one”.

The history of the Laaber market has been determined for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach Monastery, the Lords of Laaber were mentioned for the first time in a document in 1118. Previously they called themselves after Brunn and most likely descended directly from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are therefore related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. In the period from 1334 to 1337, for example, Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose tombstone was placed in the parish church of Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly von Laaber family also distinguished itself in the field of poetry and minne singing. The most famous work is “The Hunt” by minstrel Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the von Laaber family was still considered very rich. They had properties in the entire area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the passing of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the change began, the division of goods, sales and thus the destruction of the property.

It remained in the hands of descendants until 1465, but when the last of the von Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights over the castle and town and the rule were divided between dukes and administrative administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and nursing office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from George the Rich's share of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505, Laaber was also added. The introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg - and also in Laaber - took place in the 1530s . Until 1618, the pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran. In the following centuries, Laaber remained a nursing office for the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria together with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had its market rights since 1393 after a charter was granted. The political community came into being in 1818.

The Lords of Prunn, Laber, Breitenegg and their rule from 1080 to 1475

The family tree of the Lords of Laaber was created by Hund and Aventinus. Franz Xaver Scheuerer presented the work as a new version in the fall of 1980. Both spellings also appear, Herren von Laaber and Laber. They were strict Catholics.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , all places in today's municipality belonged to the Parsberg district . On January 1, 1971, the community of Endorf was incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Bergstetten and Großetzenberg were added. A small part of the dissolved community of Haag with fewer than ten inhabitants was added on May 1, 1978. The Parsberg district was dissolved in 1972, and Laaber became part of the Regensburg district. On January 1, 2014, part of the dissolved unincorporated area of ​​Pielenhofer Wald to the right of the Naab was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the market grew from 4,595 to 5,222 by 627 residents or by 13.7%.

Architectural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. James

Catholic subsidiary church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Anger

Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten

Catholic branch church of the Nativity of Mary in Endorf

Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Großetzenberg

Catholic subsidiary church of St. Joseph in Weißenkirchen

Waldetzenberg Church

Bergstetten Castle

Archaeological monuments

Burgstall Durchelenburg

Eselsburg castle stables

Martinsberg castle stables

Laaber castle ruins

Reason for the coat of arms: The Laaber market is located, overlooked by the mighty castle, embedded in the Black Laber river valley, which gave the place and the dynasty of the Lords of Laaber who lived there their name. Laaber was the center of the imperial rule of the same name. Hadamar IV of Laaber granted the town market rights in 1393 in a large letter of freedom. In 1435, Duke Heinrich of Bavaria-Landshut acquired the rule and gave the market its coat of arms in 1442. Like the coat of arms of Kallmünz, it contains three diamonds in a reduction of the sovereign's coat of arms, but also the reduced Palatine Bavarian lion. The image was also used in the market's seal and banner and was intended to be displayed on the market gates. Later seals emphasized the slope of the side diamonds more strongly. In the 19th century, the lion's head was mistakenly made into a sheep's head. However, the coat of arms was later corrected. The current detailed design of the coat of arms has changed compared to the coat of arms of the 1960s: the crowned lion's head was enlarged to form the central coat of arms and the three diamonds were included as a greatly reduced decoration in the tips of the significantly less elaborate crown.

This coat of arms has been used since 1442.

Personalities

Hadamar von Laber (around 1300–around 1360), important medieval poet

Ludwig Auer (1839–1914), elementary school teacher, writer, publisher and entrepreneur, was born in Laaber

Henning Müller-Buscher (* 1944), German musicologist and publisher ( Laaber-Verlag )

Maria Scharfenberg (* 1952), Bavarian state politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ), lives in Laaber

Albert Schmid (* 1945), former federal politician ( SPD ), was born in Laaber and lives there

St. Jakobus in Laaber is the main church of the Roman Catholic parish of Laaber, which also includes the churches of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten , St. Johannes Baptist in Großetzenberg and St. Maria in Endorf . The church is located in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria (Kirchplatz 17).

History and design

The oldest parts of the church date back to the 15th century. The tower was renovated in 1735 and the nave was expanded in 1738. In the middle of the 18th century, the church was decorated with foliage and ribbons and later with rococo shells . The ceiling fresco depicts the beheading of Saint James the Elder . It was designed by Otto Gebhard in 1750 , and the same fresco can also be found in Cham in the parish church of St. Jakob .

Further restorations took place in 1884 and in 1952 by Hanns Beckers . The interior was renovated in 1997. During the renovation in 1952, the church was rotated 90 degrees and significantly expanded.

The high altar, which shows the glorification of James, was moved into the newly created choir room . The high altar dates from the late 17th century and was allegedly consecrated by the Regensburg bishop Franz Wilhelm Graf von Wartenberg . In the altar table there are supposedly relics of Saint James. The newly created ceiling painting depicts the calling of the Apostle James. The altarpiece on the side altar shows the motif “ The Seven Holy Refuges ”.

The oldest piece of equipment is a Romanesque baptismal font from the 13th century with a Gothic base.

The epitaph of Hadmar IV von Laaber shows him in high medieval armor. The inscription on the epitaph reads: Anno. dni. m. cccc . xx. at . the . little child. Day . died. the noble. Mr . Hadmar. the old h'r. between lab. God has mercy on him and gives the date of death as December 28, 1420. Hadmar was born in 1364 and was, among other things, mayor of Regensburg.

Next to the east entrance is the St. James Bell from 1786. Due to damage in 1976, it was replaced by the “Peace Bell” in the spring of 1982.

Laaber is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The place has had market rights since the late 14th century and is now the location of numerous commercial businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

Until the church was founded

The name of the place was first mentioned as “Labere” around 1040. In 1128 it was referred to as “Labera”, in 1180 as “Labara”, in 1186 as “Laber” and finally in 1712 as “Laaber”. The origin of the place name goes back to the Schwarze Laber . The name of this river comes from the term “labara”, which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like “the chattering, rushing one”.

The history of the Laaber market has been determined for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach Monastery, the Lords of Laaber were mentioned for the first time in a document in 1118. Previously they called themselves after Brunn and most likely descended directly from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are therefore related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. In the period from 1334 to 1337, for example, Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose tombstone was placed in the parish church of Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly von Laaber family also distinguished itself in the field of poetry and minne singing. The most famous work is “The Hunt” by minstrel Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the von Laaber family was still considered very rich. They had properties in the entire area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the passing of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the change began, the division of goods, sales and thus the destruction of the property.

It remained in the hands of descendants until 1465, but when the last of the von Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights over the castle and town and the rule were divided between dukes and administrative administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and nursing office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from George the Rich's share of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505, Laaber was also added. The introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg - and also in Laaber - took place in the 1530s . Until 1618, the pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran. In the following centuries, Laaber remained a nursing office for the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria together with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had its market rights since 1393 after a charter was granted. The political community came into being in 1818.

The Lords of Prunn, Laber, Breitenegg and their rule from 1080 to 1475

The family tree of the Lords of Laaber was created by Hund and Aventinus. Franz Xaver Scheuerer presented the work as a new version in the fall of 1980. Both spellings also appear, Herren von Laaber and Laber. They were strict Catholics.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , all places in today's municipality belonged to the Parsberg district . On January 1, 1971, the community of Endorf was incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Bergstetten and Großetzenberg were added. A small part of the dissolved community of Haag with fewer than ten inhabitants was added on May 1, 1978. The Parsberg district was dissolved in 1972, and Laaber became part of the Regensburg district. On January 1, 2014, part of the dissolved unincorporated area of ​​Pielenhofer Wald to the right of the Naab was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the market grew from 4,595 to 5,222 by 627 residents or by 13.7%.

Architectural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. James

Catholic subsidiary church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Anger

Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten

Catholic branch church of the Nativity of Mary in Endorf

Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Großetzenberg

Catholic subsidiary church of St. Joseph in Weißenkirchen

Waldetzenberg Church

Bergstetten Castle

Archaeological monuments

Burgstall Durchelenburg

Eselsburg castle stables

Martinsberg castle stables

Laaber castle ruins

Reason for the coat of arms: The Laaber market is located, overlooked by the mighty castle, embedded in the Black Laber river valley, which gave the place and the dynasty of the Lords of Laaber who lived there their name. Laaber was the center of the imperial rule of the same name. Hadamar IV of Laaber granted the town market rights in 1393 in a large letter of freedom. In 1435, Duke Heinrich of Bavaria-Landshut acquired the rule and gave the market its coat of arms in 1442. Like the coat of arms of Kallmünz, it contains three diamonds in a reduction of the sovereign's coat of arms, but also the reduced Palatine Bavarian lion. The image was also used in the market's seal and banner and was intended to be displayed on the market gates. Later seals emphasized the slope of the side diamonds more strongly. In the 19th century, the lion's head was mistakenly made into a sheep's head. However, the coat of arms was later corrected. The current detailed design of the coat of arms has changed compared to the coat of arms of the 1960s: the crowned lion's head was enlarged to form the central coat of arms and the three diamonds were included as a greatly reduced decoration in the tips of the significantly less elaborate crown.

This coat of arms has been used since 1442.

Personalities

Hadamar von Laber (around 1300–around 1360), important medieval poet

Ludwig Auer (1839–1914), elementary school teacher, writer, publisher and entrepreneur, was born in Laaber

Henning Müller-Buscher (* 1944), German musicologist and publisher ( Laaber-Verlag )

Maria Scharfenberg (* 1952), Bavarian state politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ), lives in Laaber

Albert Schmid (* 1945), former federal politician ( SPD ), was born in Laaber and lives there

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Berlin is home to several universities, such as the Humboldt University of Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, the Berlin University of the Arts and the Free University of Berlin. The Berlin Zoological Garden is the most visited zoo in Europe. Babelsberg Studio is the world's first large-scale movie studio complex, and there are many films set in Berlin. Berlin is home to three World Heritage Sites: Museum Island, the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin, and the Berlin Modernism Housing Estates. Other landmarks include the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag building, Potsdamer Platz, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and the Berlin Wall Memorial. Berlin has numerous museums, galleries, and libraries.

Ein ruhiger Herbsttag in Weimar, aufgenommen am 4. Oktober 2025 mit der Fujifilm X-H2.

Weiches Licht, klare Luft, Blätter in warmen Farbtönen – die Stadt zeigt im Herbst eine eigene, stille Schönheit. Zwischen Altstadt, Park an der Ilm und kleinen Gassen entstanden diese Aufnahmen, ohne Plan, einfach beim Gehen und Beobachten.

Ich wollte das Gefühl festhalten, das der Herbst in Weimar hinterlässt – still, farbig, vergänglich und friedlich.

Mehr Fotos und Projekte findest du auf 👉 www.fujicolours.com

— Weimar, Oktober 2025 🍁

Am 3. Oktober 2025 führte mich eine Wanderung auf den Großen Hörselberg in Thüringen – bei klarem Licht, warmem Herbstwind und weitem Blick über das Land.

Von oben reichte die Sicht bis zum Großen Inselsberg und hinüber nach Eisenach, wo die Wartburg in der Sonne glänzte.

Die Fujifilm X-H2 war mein Begleiter – ideal, um Farben, Strukturen und die ruhige Weite dieses Tages festzuhalten. Kein Nebel, keine Eile, nur Licht, Landschaft und Stille.

Mehr Bilder und Serien findest du auf 👉 www.fujicolours.com

— Großer Hörselberg, Thüringen, 3. Oktober 2025 ☀️🍁

The Laaber Castle Ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle on a rock above the center of the Laaber market in the Regensburg district in Bavaria . The facility is listed as a listed architectural monument of Laaber under file number D-3-75-162-8 . It is also listed as an archaeological monument under file number D-3-6937-0237 in the Bavarian Atlas as “archaeological findings from the Middle Ages and early modern times in the area of ​​the Laaber castle ruins”.

History

The castle was built at the end of the 12th century by the Lords of Laaber , who were first mentioned in a document in connection with the founding of the Reichenbach monastery in 1118, to control the river crossings and the “Königsstrasse” in the Labertal on behalf of the Staufer Emperor Friedrich II. , which gave the knights, who were also owners of Prunn Castle and Breitenegg Castle , a significant position of power.

In 1367 Hadamar IV of Laaber, son of the famous minstrel Hadamar III. von Laber , mayor of the imperial city of Regensburg and lived in constant feud with the city after leaving office, which led the city to attack and damage Laaber Castle in 1389.

After the Lords of Laaber got into difficulties in the 15th century, the castle was sold to the Wittelsbachs , but was returned to Ulrich von Laaber in 1466 and, after the Laaber family died out, it came to the Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut and in 1505 to the Duchy Palatinate-Neuburg , which maintained a nursing office at the castle . In 1597 the castle was expanded into a castle , the towers were demolished in 1720 and from 1805, owned by the community, the castle fell into disrepair in the 19th century.

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The castle complex was separated from the ridge by a deep neck ditch , which in the Middle Ages had a wooden bridge with a drawbridge , protected by a semicircular tower followed by a gate system with a Gothic gate . The second gate and the third gate, which lead through a circular wall several meters thick , show a mighty humpbacked ashlar structure .

The mighty stump of the rectangular keep , with the castle chapel behind it , shows the large, precisely hewn ashlar masonry typical of the period around 1200, and in the south and east of the complex there are still the walls of the residential buildings with windows from the Romanesque period. There was a cistern in the castle courtyard . The Burgplatz is now an archaeological monument .

Laaber is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The place has had market rights since the late 14th century and is now the location of numerous commercial businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

Until the church was founded

The name of the place was first mentioned as “Labere” around 1040. In 1128 it was referred to as “Labera”, in 1180 as “Labara”, in 1186 as “Laber” and finally in 1712 as “Laaber”. The origin of the place name goes back to the Schwarze Laber . The name of this river comes from the term “labara”, which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like “the chattering, rushing one”.

The history of the Laaber market has been determined for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach Monastery, the Lords of Laaber were mentioned for the first time in a document in 1118. Previously they called themselves after Brunn and most likely descended directly from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are therefore related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. In the period from 1334 to 1337, for example, Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose tombstone was placed in the parish church of Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly von Laaber family also distinguished itself in the field of poetry and minne singing. The most famous work is “The Hunt” by minstrel Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the von Laaber family was still considered very rich. They had properties in the entire area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the passing of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the change began, the division of goods, sales and thus the destruction of the property.

It remained in the hands of descendants until 1465, but when the last of the von Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights over the castle and town and the rule were divided between dukes and administrative administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and nursing office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from George the Rich's share of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505, Laaber was also added. The introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg - and also in Laaber - took place in the 1530s . Until 1618, the pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran. In the following centuries, Laaber remained a nursing office for the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria together with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had its market rights since 1393 after a charter was granted. The political community came into being in 1818.

The Lords of Prunn, Laber, Breitenegg and their rule from 1080 to 1475

The family tree of the Lords of Laaber was created by Hund and Aventinus. Franz Xaver Scheuerer presented the work as a new version in the fall of 1980. Both spellings also appear, Herren von Laaber and Laber. They were strict Catholics.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , all places in today's municipality belonged to the Parsberg district . On January 1, 1971, the community of Endorf was incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Bergstetten and Großetzenberg were added. A small part of the dissolved community of Haag with fewer than ten inhabitants was added on May 1, 1978. The Parsberg district was dissolved in 1972, and Laaber became part of the Regensburg district. On January 1, 2014, part of the dissolved unincorporated area of ​​Pielenhofer Wald to the right of the Naab was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the market grew from 4,595 to 5,222 by 627 residents or by 13.7%.

Architectural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. James

Catholic subsidiary church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Anger

Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten

Catholic branch church of the Nativity of Mary in Endorf

Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Großetzenberg

Catholic subsidiary church of St. Joseph in Weißenkirchen

Waldetzenberg Church

Bergstetten Castle

Archaeological monuments

Burgstall Durchelenburg

Eselsburg castle stables

Martinsberg castle stables

Laaber castle ruins

Reason for the coat of arms: The Laaber market is located, overlooked by the mighty castle, embedded in the Black Laber river valley, which gave the place and the dynasty of the Lords of Laaber who lived there their name. Laaber was the center of the imperial rule of the same name. Hadamar IV of Laaber granted the town market rights in 1393 in a large letter of freedom. In 1435, Duke Heinrich of Bavaria-Landshut acquired the rule and gave the market its coat of arms in 1442. Like the coat of arms of Kallmünz, it contains three diamonds in a reduction of the sovereign's coat of arms, but also the reduced Palatine Bavarian lion. The image was also used in the market's seal and banner and was intended to be displayed on the market gates. Later seals emphasized the slope of the side diamonds more strongly. In the 19th century, the lion's head was mistakenly made into a sheep's head. However, the coat of arms was later corrected. The current detailed design of the coat of arms has changed compared to the coat of arms of the 1960s: the crowned lion's head was enlarged to form the central coat of arms and the three diamonds were included as a greatly reduced decoration in the tips of the significantly less elaborate crown.

This coat of arms has been used since 1442.

Personalities

Hadamar von Laber (around 1300–around 1360), important medieval poet

Ludwig Auer (1839–1914), elementary school teacher, writer, publisher and entrepreneur, was born in Laaber

Henning Müller-Buscher (* 1944), German musicologist and publisher ( Laaber-Verlag )

Maria Scharfenberg (* 1952), Bavarian state politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ), lives in Laaber

Albert Schmid (* 1945), former federal politician ( SPD ), was born in Laaber and lives there

Alexandrowka is the Russian Colony in the north of Potsdam (Federal State Brandenburg, Germany, see photo on the left). It consists of thirteen wooden houses in Russian style, which were built between 1826 and 1827 on special wish of the former Prussian king, Friedrich Wilhelm III. Originally the colony was the home of the Russian singers of the First Prussian Regiment of the Guards. The blockhouses are surrounded by generous gardens (old plan see photo on the right). In the north of the colony the Kapellenberg borders, a hill on which the Alexander-Newski-Church was especially constructed for the Russian colonists.

Once the colony has been built according to the village Glosovo near St. Petersburg in Russia. In 1999 the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has declared the Russian colony Alexandrowka as part of the cultural heritage of the world.

Meanwhile only a few descendants of the former inhabitants live in the Russian colony. During the last decades before the reunion of East- and West-Germany there have been efforts to preserve the existing architectural core with the little money available. Nowadays, thirteen years after reunion, many preservationists, conservators and house owners are working together on the costly reconstruction of the monument. The buildings of the Russian village Alexandrowka shall be rescued and reconstructed in accordance to the original status. The way to Alexandrowka is descibed here.

Wandering the streets for the various streetart

Am 3. Oktober 2025 führte mich eine Wanderung auf den Großen Hörselberg in Thüringen – bei klarem Licht, warmem Herbstwind und weitem Blick über das Land.

Von oben reichte die Sicht bis zum Großen Inselsberg und hinüber nach Eisenach, wo die Wartburg in der Sonne glänzte.

Die Fujifilm X-H2 war mein Begleiter – ideal, um Farben, Strukturen und die ruhige Weite dieses Tages festzuhalten. Kein Nebel, keine Eile, nur Licht, Landschaft und Stille.

Mehr Bilder und Serien findest du auf 👉 www.fujicolours.com

— Großer Hörselberg, Thüringen, 3. Oktober 2025 ☀️🍁

Am 3. Oktober 2025 führte mich eine Wanderung auf den Großen Hörselberg in Thüringen – bei klarem Licht, warmem Herbstwind und weitem Blick über das Land.

Von oben reichte die Sicht bis zum Großen Inselsberg und hinüber nach Eisenach, wo die Wartburg in der Sonne glänzte.

Die Fujifilm X-H2 war mein Begleiter – ideal, um Farben, Strukturen und die ruhige Weite dieses Tages festzuhalten. Kein Nebel, keine Eile, nur Licht, Landschaft und Stille.

Mehr Bilder und Serien findest du auf 👉 www.fujicolours.com

— Großer Hörselberg, Thüringen, 3. Oktober 2025 ☀️🍁

Laaber is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria and the seat of the Laaber administrative community .

The place has had market rights since the late 14th century and is now the location of numerous commercial businesses. The castle ruins are a well-known landmark in the Labertal.

Until the church was founded

The name of the place was first mentioned as “Labere” around 1040. In 1128 it was referred to as “Labera”, in 1180 as “Labara”, in 1186 as “Laber” and finally in 1712 as “Laaber”. The origin of the place name goes back to the Schwarze Laber . The name of this river comes from the term “labara”, which in the language of the Central European Celts meant something like “the chattering, rushing one”.

The history of the Laaber market has been determined for centuries by the fortunes and personalities of the noble family of the same name. Today the old remains of Laaber Castle and some documents still bear witness to this famous noble family.

In connection with the founding of the Reichenbach Monastery, the Lords of Laaber were mentioned for the first time in a document in 1118. Previously they called themselves after Brunn and most likely descended directly from the Regensburg burgrave Babo. They are therefore related to the Riedenburgers . They have been related by marriage to the neighboring Abensbergers since the middle of the 12th century.

Their involvement in public life in the empire and country in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries was significant and has been documented continuously in documents and archives since 1181. In the period from 1334 to 1337, for example, Hadmar von Laaber was the mayor of Regensburg, and in 1366 Ulrich von Laaber was mayor of Nuremberg. Hadmar IV, whose tombstone was placed in the parish church of Laaber, was in Berlin with Emperor Charles IV in 1374 and was also mayor of Regensburg a few years later.

The knightly von Laaber family also distinguished itself in the field of poetry and minne singing. The most famous work is “The Hunt” by minstrel Hadmar III . At the beginning of the 15th century, the von Laaber family was still considered very rich. They had properties in the entire area from Nuremberg to Regensburg. But with the passing of Hadmar IV in 1420, during whose lifetime Laaber had been granted market rights, the change began, the division of goods, sales and thus the destruction of the property.

It remained in the hands of descendants until 1465, but when the last of the von Laaber family, Hadmar VII, died ten years later, the rights over the castle and town and the rule were divided between dukes and administrative administrators. Laaber then came into the possession of the Duke of Bavaria-Landshut , who had a court and nursing office built here. When a separate Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was formed from George the Rich's share of Bavaria-Landshut between 1503 and 1505, Laaber was also added. The introduction of Lutheranism by Ottheinrich in Neuburg - and also in Laaber - took place in the 1530s . Until 1618, the pastors in Laaber and the surrounding area were Lutheran. In the following centuries, Laaber remained a nursing office for the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and shared the fate of this area. In 1778 it was returned to Bavaria together with the Palatinate lands. Laaber has had its market rights since 1393 after a charter was granted. The political community came into being in 1818.

The Lords of Prunn, Laber, Breitenegg and their rule from 1080 to 1475

The family tree of the Lords of Laaber was created by Hund and Aventinus. Franz Xaver Scheuerer presented the work as a new version in the fall of 1980. Both spellings also appear, Herren von Laaber and Laber. They were strict Catholics.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , all places in today's municipality belonged to the Parsberg district . On January 1, 1971, the community of Endorf was incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Bergstetten and Großetzenberg were added. A small part of the dissolved community of Haag with fewer than ten inhabitants was added on May 1, 1978. The Parsberg district was dissolved in 1972, and Laaber became part of the Regensburg district. On January 1, 2014, part of the dissolved unincorporated area of ​​Pielenhofer Wald to the right of the Naab was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the market grew from 4,595 to 5,222 by 627 residents or by 13.7%.

Architectural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. James

Catholic subsidiary church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Anger

Catholic branch church of St. Laurentius in Bergstetten

Catholic branch church of the Nativity of Mary in Endorf

Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Großetzenberg

Catholic subsidiary church of St. Joseph in Weißenkirchen

Waldetzenberg Church

Bergstetten Castle

Archaeological monuments

Burgstall Durchelenburg

Eselsburg castle stables

Martinsberg castle stables

Laaber castle ruins

Reason for the coat of arms: The Laaber market is located, overlooked by the mighty castle, embedded in the Black Laber river valley, which gave the place and the dynasty of the Lords of Laaber who lived there their name. Laaber was the center of the imperial rule of the same name. Hadamar IV of Laaber granted the town market rights in 1393 in a large letter of freedom. In 1435, Duke Heinrich of Bavaria-Landshut acquired the rule and gave the market its coat of arms in 1442. Like the coat of arms of Kallmünz, it contains three diamonds in a reduction of the sovereign's coat of arms, but also the reduced Palatine Bavarian lion. The image was also used in the market's seal and banner and was intended to be displayed on the market gates. Later seals emphasized the slope of the side diamonds more strongly. In the 19th century, the lion's head was mistakenly made into a sheep's head. However, the coat of arms was later corrected. The current detailed design of the coat of arms has changed compared to the coat of arms of the 1960s: the crowned lion's head was enlarged to form the central coat of arms and the three diamonds were included as a greatly reduced decoration in the tips of the significantly less elaborate crown.

This coat of arms has been used since 1442.

Personalities

Hadamar von Laber (around 1300–around 1360), important medieval poet

Ludwig Auer (1839–1914), elementary school teacher, writer, publisher and entrepreneur, was born in Laaber

Henning Müller-Buscher (* 1944), German musicologist and publisher ( Laaber-Verlag )

Maria Scharfenberg (* 1952), Bavarian state politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ), lives in Laaber

Albert Schmid (* 1945), former federal politician ( SPD ), was born in Laaber and lives there

so many mushrooms

Am 3. Oktober 2025 führte mich eine Wanderung auf den Großen Hörselberg in Thüringen – bei klarem Licht, warmem Herbstwind und weitem Blick über das Land.

Von oben reichte die Sicht bis zum Großen Inselsberg und hinüber nach Eisenach, wo die Wartburg in der Sonne glänzte.

Die Fujifilm X-H2 war mein Begleiter – ideal, um Farben, Strukturen und die ruhige Weite dieses Tages festzuhalten. Kein Nebel, keine Eile, nur Licht, Landschaft und Stille.

Mehr Bilder und Serien findest du auf 👉 www.fujicolours.com

— Großer Hörselberg, Thüringen, 3. Oktober 2025 ☀️🍁