🇩🇪 Bogen is a town in the district of Straubing-Bogen in Bavaria, Germany. Bogen is located between the southern slopes of the Bavarian Forest and the River Danube. The town lies at the foot of the Bogenberg, a hill immediately on the Danube. The pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the Bogenberg is the destination of one of the oldest pilgrimages for Saint Mary in Bavaria. This was also the seat of power of the Counts of Bogen, who died out in 1242, before the fief passed over to the Wittelsbachs. Since 1958, the German Army has been based at the Graf-Aswin-Kaserne in Bogen. The barracks are home to army engineers and are used for training medics.
Sport The town's sport club TSV Bogen, whose football division was formed in 1926, experienced its greatest success in 2013 when it won promotion to the Bayernliga for the first time.
Bogen has a population of over 10,105 people. Bogen also forms part of the wider Straubing-Bogen district which has a population of over 101,745 people. Bogen is situated near Straubing.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Bogen has links with:
🇮🇹 Arco, Italy 🇫🇷 Arthez-de-Béarn, France 🇩🇪 Schotten, Germany 🇷🇺 Sortavala, Russia 🇦🇹 Wilhering, Austria🇺🇦 Sievierodonetsk 48.933
🇸🇰 Spišská Nová Ves 48.933
🇫🇷 Saint-Denis 48.936
🇫🇷 Sartrouville 48.937
🇫🇷 Le Blanc-Mesnil 48.939
🇫🇷 Argenteuil 48.942
🇺🇦 Syeverodonets'k 48.949
🇫🇷 Aubervilliers 48.917
🇺🇦 Iwano-Frankowsk 48.917
🇺🇦 Lysychansk 48.917
🇺🇦 Ivano-Frankivsk 48.917
🇫🇷 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine 48.911
🇫🇷 Asnières-sur-Seine 48.911
🇫🇷 Saint-Germain-en-Laye 48.899
🇸🇪 Helsingborg 12.707
🇮🇹 Guidonia Montecelio 12.717
🇦🇹 Zell am See 12.8
🇩🇪 Burghausen 12.833
Locations Near: Bogen 12.6833,48.9167
🇩🇪 Straubing 12.567,48.883 d: 9.3
🇩🇪 Regen 13.133,48.967 d: 33.3
🇩🇪 Pfarrkirchen 12.917,48.417 d: 58.2
🇩🇪 Regensburg 12.102,49.015 d: 43.8
🇩🇪 Landshut 12.15,48.533 d: 57.9
🇩🇪 Altötting 12.679,48.228 d: 76.6
🇩🇪 Schwandorf 12.1,49.317 d: 61.5
Antipodal to: Bogen -167.317,-48.917
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16847.4
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16151.2
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16092.7
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16176.4
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12286.7
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12197
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12183.1
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12178.7