Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau Lorch, a Roman station and an important stronghold at the junction of the Enns River and the Danube, Christianity found a foothold in the third century, during a period of Roman domination, and a Bishop of Lorch certainly existed in the fourth. During the great migrations, Christianity on the Danube was completely rooted out, and the Celtic and Roman population was annihilated or enslaved. In the region between the Lech River and the Enns, the wandering Bajuvari were converted to Christianity in the seventh century, while the Avari, to the east, remained pagan. The ecclesiastical organization of Bavaria was brought
Lech (river) the Lech valley from Neuschwanstein Castle, near Füssen. Inscriptions from 8/7 B. C. prove that the river name is first mentioned in the Celtic tribe name "Licates". The river itself is called "Likios" or "Likias" in the 2nd century. Around the year 570 the name "Licca" is found in records. In the 8th century, names such as "Lecha" and "Lech" appeared. The term "Licus" is still used in 1059. The name stands in analogy to the Welsh word "llech" ("stone slab") and the Breton word "lec'h" ("gravestone"). In this context, the meaning of the word "Lech" is explained as "the