Freising (district)

District in Bavaria, Germany

Freising

District

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Coat of arms

Country| Germany
State| Bavaria
Adm. region| Upper Bavaria
Capital| Freising
Government

• District admin.| Helmut Petz (FW)
Area

• Total

| 800 km2 (300 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2023)[1]

• Total

| 186,276
• Density| 230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| FS
Website| lra-freising.bayern.de
Freising Moosburg Munich Airport Hop garden in the Hallertau

Freising is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. Following a recent ranking of the German magazine Focus-Money comparing all German districts it is number one concerning economic growth abilities. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Kelheim, Landshut, Erding, Munich, Dachau and Pfaffenhofen. 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 growing hop.

## History

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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.

## Coat of arms

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The coat of arms displays:

* the blue and white checkered pattern of Bavaria
* the rose from the arms of the medieval county of Moosburg
* The "Freising Moor's head"

### The Freising Moor's head

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This is a controversial charge in the coat of arms, which could represent one of many different persons:

* One of the three Magi (one of them is shown as a moor)
* Saints who were, or probably were, moors
* St. Mauritius
* St. Zeno
* St. Sigismund (mixed up with St. Mauritius)

Or just that a black Moor king.

* St. Corbinian, who was not a moor, but whose pictures might have become darker over time.
* Other person or meaning lost in time

There is a crown on the moor's head, which probably indicated that the territory of the Bishop of Freising was autonomous.

## Towns and municipalities

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Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district Towns  | Municipalities  |

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1. Freising
2. Moosburg

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

12. Kranzberg
13. Langenbach
14. Marzling
15. Mauern
16. Nandlstadt
17. Neufahrn bei Freising
18. Paunzhausen
19. Rudelzhausen
20. Wang
21. Wolfersdorf
22. Zolling

## References

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* Germany portal

1. ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).

## External links

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* Media related to Landkreis Freising at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website (German)
* Freising County Flag

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Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Bavaria in Germany

Urban
districts|

* Amberg
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* Donau-Ries
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* Eichstätt
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* Erlangen-Höchstadt
* Forchheim
* Freising
* Freyung-Grafenau
* Fürstenfeldbruck
* Fürth
* Garmisch-Partenkirchen
* Günzburg
* Haßberge
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* Neu-Ulm
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* Rhön-Grabfeld
* Rosenheim
* Roth
* Rottal-Inn
* Schwandorf
* Schweinfurt
* Starnberg
* Straubing-Bogen
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Towns and municipalities in Freising (district)

* Allershausen
* Attenkirchen
* Au in der Hallertau
* Eching
* Fahrenzhausen
* Freising
* Gammelsdorf
* Haag an der Amper
* Hallbergmoos
* Hohenkammer
* Hörgertshausen
* Kirchdorf an der Amper
* Kranzberg
* Langenbach
* Marzling
* Mauern
* Moosburg
* Nandlstadt
* Neufahrn bei Freising
* Paunzhausen
* Rudelzhausen
* Wang
* Wolfersdorf
* Zolling

Coat of Arms of Freising district

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