Landsberg am Lech

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlant͡sbɛʁk ʔam lɛç]

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• Hyphenation: Lands‧berg am Lech

Proper noun

Landsberg am Lech n (proper noun, genitive Landsbergs am Lech or (optionally with an article) Landsberg am Lech)

1. Landsberg am Lech (a town in Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany)
   • 1943, Adolf Hitler, “Vorwort”, in Mein Kampf [My Struggle], 855th edition, Munich: Franz Eher Nachfolger, →OCLC; New English translation from Thomas Dalton, “Foreword”, in Mein Kampf, New York, N.Y.: Clemens & Blair, 2018, →OCLC, page 19:

     Am 1. April 1924 hatte ich, aufgrund des Urteilsspruches des Münchner Volksgerichts von diesem Tage, meine Festungshaft zu Landsberg am Lech anzutreten.

     On April 1st, 1924. I began to serve my sentence of detention in the Fortress of Landsberg am Lech, following the verdict pronounced by the Munich people's court on that day.

See also

• Landsberg
• Lech
• Landau an der Isar

Further reading

• “Landsberg a. Lech” in Duden online