Eichendorf
market municipality of Germany
Eichendorf (Bavarian: Oachadoaf) is a municipality in the district of Dingolfing-Landau in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
Geographical location
Eichendorf lies on the river Vils. The market town is still very rural and serves as an administrative centre to the surrounding countryside.
History
19th century and prior
The settlement „Euchendorf“ was first mentioned in a document dated March 24, 1075 from Pope Gregory VII, in which he confirmed to Bishop Altmann von Passau the donation of three farmstead and a church of Eichendorf to the Monastery of St. Nikola at Passau. The remaining land remained in possession of the Bishop, who had most likely owned it since the 8th century.
From the 12th to the 14th century there appears to have been nobility in the area. In the archives of the Aldersbach Abbey a Heinricus de Euchendorf was mentioned as a witness in 1170, and in the archives of the Monastery of St. Nikola a Karl von Euchendorf was mentioned in 1334. In 1350 Heinrich der Euchendorfer acquired land belonging to the Abbey of St.
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