STRAUBING  , a

town of Germany, in the kingdom of Bavaria, pleasantly situated in a fertile plain, on the right bank of the Danube, here crossed by two bridges, 25 m . S.E. of Regensburg,on the railway to Passau . Pop . (1905), 20,856, nearly all of whom are Roman Catholics . Its oldest and most characteristic building is the tall square tower with its five pointed turrets, dating from 1208 . It has eight Roman Catholic churches. among them being the church of St James, a handsome Late Gothic edifice, with some paintings. ascribed to Wohlgemuth; the old Carmelite church containing a monument to Duke Albert II. of Bavaria; and that of St Peter with the tomb of Agnes Bernauer . It has also a Gothic town-hall, a castle, now used as barracks, and two fine squares . The numerous educational establishments include a gymnasium, an episcopal seminary for boys and a normal school . The industries of Straubing are tanning and brewing, the manufacture of bricks and cement, and trade in grain and cattle . Straubing is a town of remote origin, believed to be identical with the Roman station of Sorbiodurum . In definite history, however, it is known only as a Bavarian town, and from 1353 to 1425 it was the seat of the ducal line of Bavaria-Straubing .. Its chief historical interest attaches to its connexion with the unfortunate Agnes Bernauer (q.v.), who lived at the chateau here with her husband Duke Albert III .

See Wimmer, Sammelbldtter zur Geschichte der Sladt Straubing (Straubing, 1882-1884), and Ortner, Straubing in seiner Vergangenheit and Gegenwart (Straubing, 1902) .