Rottal-Inn

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Rottal-Inn

Map of Bavaria highlighting the district of Rottal-Inn
State Bavaria
Adm. region Niederbayern
Region Landshut
District seat Pfarrkirchen
Area 1,280 km²
Population 119,128 (2002)
Pop. density 90 /km²
Licence plate code PAN
Web page http://www.rottal-inn.de

Rottal-Inn is a Kreis (district) in the southeastern part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Altötting, Mühldorf, Landshut, Dingolfing-Landau and Passau. To the southeast is the Austrian state Upper Austria(Braunau).

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[edit] Geography

The main rivers in the district are the Inn and its tributary, the Rott.

[edit] History

The district was created in 1972 by merging the two previous districts Pfarrkirchen and Eggenfelden and parts of the districts Griesbach and Vilsbiburg.


[edit] Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms combines the symbols of the two previous districts. In the upper-left is a panther as the symbol of Eggenfelden, derived from the coat of arms of the Counts of Spanheim, who ruled the area until the 13th century. In the bottom-right a horse as the symbol of Pfarrkirchen, as the area is famous for the horse-breeding tradition. The blue wavy line between them symbolizes the two rivers in the district, the Inn and the Rott.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

cities Verwaltungsgemeinschaften municipalities
  1. Eggenfelden
  2. Pfarrkirchen
  3. Simbach am Inn

Markt(market towns)

  1. Arnstorf
  2. Bad Birnbach¹
  3. Gangkofen
  4. Massing¹
  5. Tann¹
  6. Triftern
  7. Wurmannsquick

¹ administered within a
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

  1. Bad Birnbach
  2. Ering
  3. Falkenberg
  4. Massing
  5. Tann
  1. Bayerbach
  2. Dietersburg
  3. Egglham
  4. Ering
  5. Falkenberg
  6. Geratskirchen1
  7. Hebertsfelden
  8. Johanniskirchen
  9. Julbach
  10. Kirchdorf am Inn
  11. Malgersdorf
  12. Mitterskirchen
  13. Postmünster
  14. Reut
  15. Rimbach1
  16. Roßbach
  17. Schönau
  18. Stubenberg1
  19. Unterdietfurt
  20. Wittibreut
  21. Zeilarn

¹ administered within a
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

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