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Freising (district) - Definition and Overview
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Freising
Statistics
State:Bavaria
Capital:Freising
Adm. Region:Oberbayern
Area:800 km²
Inhabitants:152,300 (2000)
pop. density:190 inh./km²
Car identification:FS
Homepage:lra-freising.bayern.de (http://www.lra-freising.bayern.de)
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Map of Bavaria highlighting the district Freising

Freising is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Kelheim, Landshut, Erding, Munich, Dachau and Pfaffenhofen.

Contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

History

In the Holy Roman Empire Freising was a clerical state ruled by the bishops. In 1803, when the clerical states of Germany were dissolved, the region was annexed by Bavaria.

Geography

The district is located north of the Munich metropolitan area. The Isar and Amper rivers run in parallel from southwest to northeast. North of the rivers there is the Hallertau, a hilly region mainly used for hop growing.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms displays:
  • the blue and white checked pattern of Bavaria
  • a portrait of Corbinianus, the patron saint of the city of Freising
  • the rose from the arms of the medieval county of Moosburg

Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. Freising
  2. Moosburg
  1. Allershausen
  2. Attenkirchen
  3. Au in der Hallertau
  4. Eching
  5. Fahrenzhausen
  6. Gammelsdorf
  7. Haag
  8. Hallbergmoos
  9. Hohenkammer
  10. Hörgertshausen
  11. Kirchdorf

  1. Kranzberg
  2. Langenbach
  3. Marzling
  4. Mauern
  5. Nandlstadt
  6. Neufahrn
  7. Paunzhausen
  8. Rudelzhausen
  9. Wang
  10. Wolfersdorf
  11. Zolling

External links


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