Burghausen, Altötting-HistoryThe first mention of Burghausen is documented in the year 1025 as the property of Imperial. The Emperor Conrad II later designated the counties of Burghausen financial managers of the community. But, as later excavations have shown, the area around the main courtyard of Burghausen Castle has been inhabited since at least the Bronze Age. With the archaeologists found the remains of many of the Iron Age, Celts and Romans, it is difficult to determine a "founder" days. The city has obviously developed over thousands of years, but it is not possible to say whether there was a permanent settlement.
In 1164, Duke Henry the Lion took over the castle. The Wittelsbach took possession of the castle in 1180 and the settlements around the valley in 1229. The granting of the status of the city was taken at some point, but is not compatible with the sources. From 1255, after the first division of Bavaria, Burghausen gained political and economic importance that the second residence of the dukes of Lower Bavaria.
Burghausen main source of income was trading in the Hallein salt, (now Austria). The salt was brought to shore and transported to the land in Burghausen. Landing site was Mautner Castle, now housing the city's cultural and educational center, adult photo hosting and jazz classes as well as crafts and jazz events.
In 1307, he was already existing local law codified the municipal law, and in the first half of the 14th century, the Emperor Louis IV gave the city greater privileges. In the late 14th century, Burghausen was an administrative center as the site of the tax office in the region.
During the last three less Bavarian dukes, Henry Rich XVI (1393-1450), Louis IX Rich (1450-1479) and George the kingdom (1479-1503), Burghausen expansion and saw a golden age as the second capital the Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut. In 1505, after the War of Succession Landshut Burghausen was one of four offices in a reorganized income Bavaria.
Sales for the salt trade was lost in 1594 due to the creation of the salt monopoly Duchy.
After that, Burghausen experienced over 300 years of administrative and commercial decline:
A large number of casualties and losses in the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and the War of Bavarian Succession (1778-1779).
Transfer from the Treaty Innviertel Tesch, at the end of the war in Bavaria in a row, and the consequent loss of business in the border area.
Caused by the crisis in the Revolutionary War and the dismantling of the French Government in 1802.
In 1807, the loss of the title of "capital" was granted in 1688.
Establishment of river transport and the loss of the garrison in 1891.
By the late 19th century and early 20th century, was Burghausen was a poor provincial town with only 2500 inhabitants. But an economic recovery began in 1915 with the creation of chemical companies Wacker, Inc:
The new town developed along the old town, with a consistency of design, the reorganization and increased dam safety and flood control Uferstrasse 1969-1971.
Business Development Wacker Chemical, Inc. in 1966 and built the refinery Deutsche Marathon (now OMV).
The population has increased from 2,500 in 1910 and 5,000 in 1946 to 19 000 (2005).
Burghausen a reputation through regional SV Wacker Burghausen Athletic Association football and the annual report of Burghausen Jazz Festival
In 2004, National Horticultural Show about one million visitors.
In winter 2005-2006, the city has given the benefit of all recipients of the Christmas unemployment benefits, to attract national attention for all media, including the tabloid Bild.
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