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Freising (district)

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Country
  
Germany

Adm. region
  
Oberbayern

Vehicle registration
  
FS

Capital
  
Freising

Team
  
SE Freising

State
  
Bavaria

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Website
  
lra-freising.bayern.de

Administrative region
  
Upper Bavaria

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University
  
Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences

Points of interest
  
Freising Cathedral, Weihenstephan Abbey, Stadtmuseum Freising, Altes Gefängnis, Mariensäule

Destinations
  
Freising, Weihenstephan, Mauern, Kranzberg, Wang

Freising is a district in Bavaria, Germany. Following a recent ranking of the German magazine FOCUS MONEY comparing all German districts it is number one concerning economic growth abilities. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Kelheim, Landshut, Erding, Munich, Dachau and Pfaffenhofen. The district is located north of the Munich metropolitan area. The Isar and Amper rivers run in parallel from southwest to northeast. North of the rivers there is the Hallertau, a hilly region mainly used for hop growing.

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Map of Freising, Germany

History

In the Holy Roman Empire, Freising was a clerical state ruled by the bishops. In 1803, when the clerical states of Germany were dissolved, the region was annexed by Bavaria.

The Freising Moor's head

This is a controversial charge in the Coat of Arms, which could represent one of many different persons:

  • One of the three Magi (one of them is shown as a moor)
  • Saints who were, or probably were, moors
  • St. Mauritius
  • St. Zeno
  • St. Sigismund (mixed up with St. Mauritius)
  • Or just that a black Moor King.

  • St. Corbinian, who was not a moor, but whose pictures might have become darker over time.
  • Other person or meaning lost in time
  • It is important to note the crown on the moor's head, which probably indicated that the territory of the Bishop of Freising was autonomous.

    References

    Freising (district) Wikipedia