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Freyung-Grafenau
District
Flag of Freyung-Grafenau
Flag
Coat of arms of Freyung-Grafenau
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Adm. region Lower Bavaria
Capital Freyung
Government
 • District admin.Sebastian Gruber ( CSU)
Area
 • Total984 km2 (380 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022) [1]
 • Total79,286
 • Density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Vehicle registrationFRG, WOS, GRA
Website freyung-grafenau.de

Freyung-Grafenau is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Passau, Deggendorf and Regen, the Czech Republic and by Austria.

History

The district was established in 1972, by merging the former districts of Grafenau and Wolfstein. [2] In medieval times Wolfstein (east of the Ilz River) was the property of the bishop of Passau and the site of Wolfstein Castle, now a schloss. Grafenau (west of the Ilz River) successively belonged to different countries, before it was annexed by Bavaria in 1438. Wolfstein became a part of Bavaria two years after the dissolution of the clerical states in Germany (1803).

Geography

Freyung

Freyung-Grafenau is the easternmost district of Bavaria. It is located in the southern part of the Bavarian Forest and is partially occupied by the Bavarian Forest National Park. The source of the Ilz River is situated in the district.

Coat of arms

The wolf represents the area of Wolfstein, while the bear stands for Grafenau (as it was ruled from the castle of Bärnstein, and Bär means "bear"). At the bottom sits the blue and white lozengy pattern of Bavaria.

Towns and municipalities

Regen (district) Deggendorf (district) Passau (district) Schöfweg Waldhäuserwald Schönbrunner Wald Schlichtenberger Wald Sankt Oswald (unincorporated area) Pleckensteiner Wald Philippsreuter Wald Mauther Forst Spiegelau Graineter Wald Annathaler Wald Zenting Waldkirchen Thurmansbang Spiegelau Schönberg Neuschönau Sankt Oswald-Riedlhütte Saldenburg Röhrnbach Ringelai Philippsreut Perlesreut Neureichenau Mauth Jandelsbrunn Innernzell Hohenau Hinterschmiding Grainet Grafenau Fürsteneck Freyung Eppenschlag Schöfweg Leopoldsreuter Wald Frauenberger und Duschlberger Wald Haidmühle Austria Czech Republic
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district
Towns Municipalities
  1. Freyung
  2. Grafenau
  3. Waldkirchen
  1. Eppenschlag
  2. Fürsteneck
  3. Grainet
  4. Haidmühle
  5. Hinterschmiding
  6. Hohenau
  7. Innernzell
  8. Jandelsbrunn
  9. Mauth
  10. Neureichenau
  11. Neuschönau
  1. Perlesreut
  2. Philippsreut
  3. Ringelai
  4. Röhrnbach
  5. Saldenburg
  6. Sankt Oswald-Riedlhütte
  7. Schöfweg
  8. Schönberg
  9. Spiegelau
  10. Thurmansbang
  11. Zenting

See also

Schneekirche

References

  1. ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) ( Hilfe dazu).
  2. ^ F.A. Brockhaus Wiesbaden (1975). Brockhaus Enzyklopädie in zwanzig Bänden: Ergänzungen, A-I (in German) (17 ed.). Wiesbaden. p. 517. ISBN  978-3765300288.

External links

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