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Vilseck
Vilseck () is a town and municipality () in the Oberpfalz region of northeastern Bavaria, Germany, situated on the river Vils, a tributary of the Naab river. , Vilseck's population was 6,768 citizens, who live within an area of consisting of Vilseck town proper and 35 other hamlets and villages. The town is 402 meters (1,300 feet) above sea level.
Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_flag
- Flagge vilseck.png
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Vilseck COA.svg
- German place.image_photo
- Vilseck-vogelturm.jpg
- German place.image_caption
- Center of the town
- German place.image_plan
- Vilseck in AS.svg
- German place.state
- Bayern
- German place.region
- Oberpfalz
- German place.district
- Amberg-Sulzbach
- German place.elevation
- 395-450
- German place.area
- 64.7
- German place.postal_code
- 92249
Article
35 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- 920
- 1104
- 1185
- 1188-1268
- 1190
- 1269-1802
- 1289
- 1332-1380
- 1380
- 1407-1412
- 1466
- 1512
- 1522
- 1620
- 1631-1634
- 1638-1639
- 1751-1754
- 1802
- 1803
- 1808
- 1838
- 1852-1919
- 1864
- 1901
- 1908
- 1929-1930
- 1937
- 1937-1938
- Postwar history
- Vilseck and the U.S. Army
- Trivia
- References
- External links
Vilseck () is a town and municipality () in the Oberpfalz region of northeastern Bavaria, Germany, situated on the river Vils, a tributary of the Naab river. , Vilseck's population was 6,768 citizens, who live within an area of consisting of Vilseck town proper and 35 other hamlets and villages. The town is 402 meters (1,300 feet) above sea level.
The town's name comes from Vilseck castle built in 920. Eck is the German word for corner. The Vils river has a tight bend where the castle () is located: thus the name Vilseck.
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