Kinsau

Kinsau is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech and a member of the administrative community Reichling.

2.1 Population development

Geography

Geographical Location

Kinsau located on the southern edge of the district of Landsberg am Lech between the Romantic Road and the Lech. The community area falls into four terrace steps to Lech from back and partially offers fabulous views.

Kinsau is an independent municipality without further districts.

History

Kinsau first mentioned as part of the rule Peißenberg, Office Landsberg Kunigesow in 1323. After the extinction of the Seefeld 1420 Kinsau went to the Lords of Freyberg, who sold it in 1445 to the Schongauer hospital.

Until the district reform in 1972 Kinsau belonged to the district of Schongau. Since 1978 Kinsau belongs to the administrative community Reichling and thus the district of Landsberg am Lech.

Population Development

About 1445 were counted 160 inhabitants, today there are just over 1,000 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

Worth seeing are the Built in the early 18th century by Thomas snake parish church of St. Matthew and the associated parsonage.

The first cog railway in Bavaria ( 1907-1929 ), the work path of the wood pulp mill Kinsau, for timber transport, the railway line is still partially visible. This gear train used to have a connection to the railway line Landsberg am Lech -Schongau.

Also known is the castle economy with its two turrets and onion domes on either side of the North gable.

The school is a more than 110 -year-old school Linde with a circumference of more than 5.60 meters.