What is Landsberg am Lech?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_coa = Wappen Landsberg.svg |image_photo = Lech_in_Landsberg.jpg |image_caption = The [[Lech (river)|Lech]] in Landsberg |coordinates = {{coord|48|02|52|N|10|53|56|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Landsberg am Lech in LL.svg |state = Bayern |region = Oberbayern |district = Landsberg am Lech |elevation = 585-630 |area = 57.89 |postal_code = 86899 |area_code = 08191, 08246 ([[Ellighofen]]) |licence = LL |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 81 130 |divisions = 6 [[Ortsteil]]e |website = [http://www.landsberg.de/ www.landsberg.de] |mayor = Doris Baumgartl<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020&ndash;26 |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |party = }} '''Landsberg am Lech''' (Landsberg at the [[Lech (river)|Lech]]) is a [[Town#Germany|town]] in southwest [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]], about 65 kilometers west of [[Munich]] and 35 kilometers south of [[Augsburg]]. It is the capital of the district of [[Landsberg (district)|Landsberg am Lech]]. ==Geography== [[File:Hauptplatz Schoener Turm Landsberg-1.jpg|thumb|The historic old town]] [[File:Bayertor Landsberg-4.jpg|thumb|Bayertor, the gate to Munich]] Landsberg is on the [[Romantic Road]] and is the center of the [[Lechrain]] region, the boundary region between [[Swabia]] and [[Bavaria]]. It is noted for its historic center. ==Notable people== *[[Lanspergius]] (1489–1539), Carthusian monk and ascetical writer *[[Ignaz Kögler]] (1680–1746), Jesuit missionary and mathematician *[[Dominikus Zimmermann]] (1685–1766), architect *[[Sir Hubert von Herkomer]] (1849–1914), artist, film and theatre director *[[Alois Wolfmüller]] (1864–1948), inventor and aeronautical engineer