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Erding (district)

Statistics
State:Bavaria
Adm. Region:Oberbayern
Capital:Erding
Area:870 km²
Inhabitants:115,900 (2000)
pop. density:133 inh./km²
Car identification:ED
Website:landkreis-erding.de
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Erding is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Landshut, Mühldorf, Ebersberg, Munich and Freising.

Table of contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

History

The region is one of the oldest parts of Bavaria. Erding was located on the way between two important centres of power in the Wittelsbach state, Munich and Landshut. About 1230 a castle was built on the river Sempt in order to secure the road. This castle grew to become the city of Erding.

The district of Erding was founded in 1946. Slight modifications took place in the administrative reform of 1971, when some villages from neighbouring districts were awarded to Erding.

Geography

The district covers agriculturally used areas northeast of Munich. Several affluents of the Isar River are crossing the district from south to north, among them the Sempt. In the northwest there is the Erdinger Moos, which was once a large fen. A substantial part of this swampy area was drained in order to build the new airport of Munich, which was opened to the public in 1992.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:
  • the blue and white checked pattern of Bavaria
  • the horse from the arms of the county of Haag

Towns and municipalities

  1. Dorfen
  2. Erding
    Municipalities
  1. Berglern
  2. Bockhorn
  3. Buch
  4. Eitting
  5. Finsing
  6. Forstern
  7. Fraunberg
  8. Hohenpolding
  9. Inning
  10. Isen
  11. Kirchberg
  12. Langenpreising
  1. Lengdorf
  2. Moosinning
  3. Neuching
  4. Oberding
  5. Ottenhofen
  6. Pastetten
  7. Sankt Wolfgang
  8. Steinkirchen
  9. Taufkirchen
  10. Walpertskirchen
  11. Wartenberg
  12. Wörth

External links

Official website (German)