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Freising
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State: Bavaria
Capital:Freising
Adm. Region:Oberbayern
Area:800 km²
Inhabitants:152,300 (2000)
pop. density:190 inh./km²
Car identification:FS
Homepage:http://www.lra-freising.bayern.de' class='external' title="http://www.lra-freising.bayern.de">lra-freising.bayern.de
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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.

1 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.

2 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 hopNote: hops redirects here. See also: Hops (restaurant). Hops Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Cannabaceae Genus Humulus Species lupulus Binomial name Humulus lupulus Hops are th growing.

3 Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:
  • the blue and white checked pattern of Bavaria
  • a portrait of Corbinianus , the patron saintIn general, the term saint is used to refer to someone thought to be especially virtuous and holy. This person may or may not be canonized, recognized or venerated by a religion. The word "saint" comes from the Latin word sanctus which means "holy. Variou of the city of Freising
  • the rose from the arms of the medieval county of Moosburg

4 Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. Freising
  2. Moosburg
  1. Allershausen
  2. Attenkirchen
  3. Au in der HallertauStatistics State: Bavaria Adm. Region: Oberbayern District: Freising Area:54. 32 km² Inhabitants:5461 Height:467 m a. sea level Coordinates:48. Mayor:[mailto:karl. ecker@markt-au. de Karl Ecker] District Symbol:FS Zip Code:84072 Coat of arms The village A
  4. EchingThere are several communes called Eching in Bavaria, Germany Eching (district Freising) Eching am Ammersee Eching (district Landshut).
  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


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