Encyclopedia > Dingolfing-Landau

Article Content

Dingolfing-Landau

Statistics

State:	Bavaria
Adm. Region:	Niederbayern
Capital:	Dingolfing[?]
Area:	878 km²
Inhabitants:	90,600 (2002)
pop. density:	103 inh./km²
Car identification:	DGF
Website:	lra-dgf.bayern.de (http://www.lra-dgf.bayern.de)
Map

Dingolfing-Landau is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Straubing-Bogen[?], Deggendorf, Rottal-Inn[?] and Landshut[?].

Table of contents

1 History

2 Geography

3 Coat of arms

4 Towns and municipalities

5 External links

History

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Dingolfing and Landau (Isar). Its original name was Untere Isar ("Lower Isar"), but in 1973 it was renamed and got its present name.

Geography

The region is characterised by very plain countryside and several rivers running from southwest to northeast (towards the Danube). Most important rivers of the district are the Isar and the Vils[?].

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

The blue and white checkered pattern of Bavaria
The lion from the arms of the county of Leonberg (once ruling in Landau)
The red and white bars are from the arms of the county of Frontenhausen (once ruling in Dingolfing)

Towns and municipalities

Municipalities

External links

Official website (http://www.lra-dgf.bayern.de) (German)

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!