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| State: | Bavaria |
| Adm. Region: | Niederbayern |
| Capital: | Passau |
| Area: | 1.530,28 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 187,355 (2001) |
| pop. density: | 122 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | PA |
| Website: | http://www.landkreis-passau.de | Map |
Passau is a district (Kreis) in the southeast of Bavaria. It encloses the city of Passau geographically from two sides. Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Rottal-Inn, Deggendorf, Freyung-Grafenau. To the south it borders Austria.
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2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links |
History
Archaelogical findings proove that the area was settled more than 7000 years ago. In 1971 the district was created by merging the previous districts Wegscheid, Vilshofen, Griesbach (Rottal) and parts of the districts Pfarrkirchen and Eggenfelden.
Geography
The district consists of two geographically different parts, separated by the river Danube. In the north is the southern part of the Bayrischer Wald (Bavarian woods) mountains with hills up to 1000 meter. In the south of the Danube river the landscape is only hilly with plains between the valleys of the Inn and Rott river.
| The bottom of the coat of arms show the blue-and-white checkered symbol of Bavaria. In the top part is a red wolf and a red panther. The wolf represents the abbey of Passau (Hochstift Passau), which is now the central part of the district. The panther is the symbol of the Wittelsbach family, and it represents the area of the former districts Vilshofen and Griesbach. |
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