Abensberg
Abensberg, a
spa town in
Germany, in
Bavaria, on the
Abens, a tributary of the
Danube, 18 m. S.W. of
Regensburg,
with which it is connected by rail. Pop. (1911) 2202. It has a small
spa, and its sulphur baths are resorted to for the cure of
rheumatism and gout. The town is the Castra Abusina of the
Romans, and Roman remains exist in the neighbourhood. Here,
on the 20th of April 1809,
Napoleon gained a signal victory
over the Austrians under the Archduke Louis and General Hiller.
Source: An unnamed encyclopedia from a project that puts out-of-copyright texts into the public domain. This is from a *very* old source, and reflects the thinking of the turn of the last century. -- BryceHarrington