Editing Abensberg (section)

==Culture and sightseeing==
===Theatre===
In 2008, a former [[goods shed]] by the main railway station of Abensberg was converted into a theatre by local volunteers. The "Theater am Bahnhof" (''Theatre at the Railway Station'') is mostly used by the ''Theatergruppe Lampenfieber'' and was opened on 19 October 2008.

===Museums===
Abensberg has a long tradition of museums. In the nineteenth century, Nicholas Stark und Peter Paul Dollinger began a collection based on local history. This collection and the collection of the ''Heimatverein'' (local history society) were united in 1963 into the [[Johannes Aventinus|Aventinus]] Museum, in the cloister of the former Carmelite monastery. On 7 July 2006, the new Town Museum of Abensberg was opened in the former duke's castle in the town.

===Kuchlbauer Brewery===
Two blocks west of the Old Town is the Kuchlbauer Brewery and beer garden featuring the [[Kuchlbauer Tower]], a colorful and unconventional observation tower designed by Viennese architect [[Friedensreich Hundertwasser]]. The brewery and tower are open to the public.

===Image gallery===
<gallery class="center">
File:Abensberg Stadtansicht.jpg|View of the Old Town
File:Abensberg Klosterkirche.jpg|Carmelite Monastery
File:Abensberg Stadtplatz.jpg|Town Centre with Rathaus (town hall)
File:Abensberg RegensburgerTor.jpg|Regensburg Gate
File:SchlossAbensberg LandkreisKelheim Niederbayern.JPG|Site of the former castle
File:Herzogskasten Abensberg.JPG|Herzogskasten (Duke's storage house)
File:Abensberg Kuchlbauerturm von Hundertwasser.JPG|Kuchlbauer Tower
</gallery>

===Missing memorial===
Up until the 1950s, Abensberg and the surrounding villages contained a number of graves of victims of a [[Death marches (Holocaust)|Death March]] in the spring of 1945 from the Hersbruck sub-camp of the [[Dachau concentration camp]], who were either murdered by the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] or died of exhaustion. They were originally buried where they died, but were later moved on the orders of the US military government to the cemeteries of their previous homes. At the cemetery in what is now the district of [[Pullach]] stood a memorial stone which was mentioned as recently as 1967, but which is no longer at the site. The suffering of ten unknown victims of the camp was recorded on the stone.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

===Regular events===
*The Abensberger events calendar begins in February with the ''[[Carnival|Faschingsgillamoos]]'' [[funfair]], which reaches its high point on Mad Thursday.
*There then follows the ''Frühjahrsmarkt'' (Spring market) two weeks before Easter, when all the shops in the town are permitted to open on Sunday ([[Ladenschlussgesetz|which is normally prohibited in Germany]]).
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*The ''Bürgerfest'' is celebrated on the first weekend of July, when the palace gardens with their ancient walls are transformed into a medieval camp.
*The ''Schlossgartenfest'' (Palace Garden Festival) takes place every year at the beginning of August. It is organised since 1977 by the [[Junge Union]], the youth branch of Germany's two main conservative political parties, the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] and [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]], and attracts all age groups from Abensberg and surrounding areas.
*On the second Saturday in August, people can wander through the Night Market in the balmy Summer evening.
*The ''Gillamoos'', the oldest and largest [[funfair]] in the [[Hallertau]] opens on the Thursday before the first Sunday in September and runs until the Monday thereafter. It is the highlight of the year in Abensberg and is a celebration of the people of Abensberg and the surrounding area.
*The ''Herbstmarkt'' (autumn market), another Sunday shopping day, is on the first weekend in October.
*Since 1997, a series of cultural, art, music and entertainment events have taken place in November at various locations in the town, under the title, ''Novembernebel'' (November fog)
*On [[Saint Nicholas#Germany|Saint Nicholas Day]] (6 December), the ''Niklasmarkt'' (Nicholas Market) commemorates the ''Niklasspende'', a medieval foundation for the poor. This heralds the beginning of Advent and the Christmas period.