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Kelheim_(district) Latitude and Longitude:
48°50′N 11°50′E / 48.83°N 11.83°E / 48.83; 11.83
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Kelheim
District
Flag of Kelheim
Flag
Coat of arms of Kelheim
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Adm. region Lower Bavaria
Capital Kelheim
Government
 • District admin.Martin Neumeyer ( CSU)
Area
 • Total1,067 km2 (412 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022) [1]
 • Total125,701
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Vehicle registrationKEH, RID, MAI, ROL, PAR
Website landkreis-kelheim.de

Kelheim is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany, bound (from the north and clockwise) by the districts Regensburg, Landshut, Freising, Pfaffenhofen, Eichstätt and Neumarkt.


Geography

The Befreiungshalle near Kelheim

The district is located halfway between Ingolstadt and Regensburg on both banks of the Danube. In the northwestern part it includes a part of the Altmühl Valley Nature Park and the confluence of Altmühl and Danube.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

  • the blue and white checked pattern of Bavaria
  • the roses symbolise the monasteries of Biburg and Weltenburg
  • silver and black are the colours of Abensberg, which once was a free imperial city

Towns and municipalities

Eichstätt (district) Freising (district) Landshut (district) Neumarkt (district) Pfaffenhofen (district) Regensburg Regensburg (district) Straubing-Bogen Gemeindefreies Gebiet Hacklberg Painten Frauenforst Neustadt an der Donau Dürnbucher Forst Abensberg Aiglsbach Attenhofen Bad Abbach Biburg Elsendorf Essing Hausen Herrngiersdorf Ihrlerstein Kelheim Kirchdorf Langquaid Mainburg Neustadt an der Donau Neustadt an der Donau Painten Painten Riedenburg Rohr in Niederbayern Saal an der Donau Siegenburg Teugn Train Volkenschwand Wildenberg
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district
Towns Municipalities
  1. Abensberg
  2. Kelheim
  3. Mainburg
  4. Neustadt an der Donau
  5. Riedenburg
  1. Aiglsbach
  2. Attenhofen
  3. Bad Abbach
  4. Biburg
  5. Elsendorf
  6. Essing
  7. Hausen
  8. Herrngiersdorf
  9. Ihrlerstein
  1. Kirchdorf
  2. Langquaid
  3. Painten
  4. Rohr in Niederbayern
  5. Saal an der Donau
  6. Siegenburg
  7. Teugn
  8. Train
  9. Volkenschwand
  10. Wildenberg

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).

External links

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