Vilshofen an der Donau is a town  in the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 district of Passau

Passau (district)

Passau is a district in the southeast of Bavaria. It encloses the city of Passau geographically from two sides. Neighboring districts are Rottal-Inn, Deggendorf, Freyung-Grafenau. To the south it borders Austria.-History:...

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Demographics

Religion

The population of Vislhofen is overwhelmingly Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

. In Vilshofen there is a Catholic Church, a Protestant Church and a new Apostolic Church

New Apostolic Church

The New Apostolic Church is a chiliastic church, converted to Protestantism as a free church from the Catholic Apostolic Church. The church has existed since 1879 in Germany and since 1897 in the Netherlands...

. 78.36% self-identify as Catholic, 10.78% as Protestant and 10.86% as belonging to another Christian denomination

Politics

Results of the 2008 Mayoral Election were as follows:

Georg Krenn (CSU

Christian Social Union of Bavaria

The Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany...

) 3973 (53.2%)


Joachim Boiger (SPD

Social Democratic Party of Germany

The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...

) 935 (12.5%)


Siegfried Piske (Überparteiliche Wählergemeinschaft) 1039 (13.9%)


Brigitte Pollok-Will (Freie Wählergemeinschaft) 954 (12.8%)


Johann Brandl (FDP

Free Democratic Party (Germany)

The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government...

) 564 (7.6%)

External links

• Official website (German)