Mühldorf (district)

Mühldorf
District

Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Oberbayern
Capital	Mühldorf
Area
• Total	805.32 km² (310.94 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)^[1]
• Total	109,227
• Density	140/km² (350/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	MÜ
Website	landkreis-muehldorf.de

Mühldorf is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Landshut, Rottal-Inn, Altötting, Traunstein, Rosenheim, Ebersberg and Erding.

History

Most parts of the district have belonged to Bavaria from the 13th century on. The archbishopric of Salzburg possessed some estates in the region as well from the year 798.^[2] In 1803, when the clerical states of Holy Empire were dissolved, Bavaria annexed these estates.

Geography

The district is located in generally plain countryside on either bank of the Inn River.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

the heraldic lion of Salzburg
the heraldic lion of the Electorate of the Palatinate

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Mühldorf Neumarkt-Sankt Veit Waldkraiburg	Ampfing Aschau am Inn Buchbach Egglkofen Erharting Gars Haag in Oberbayern Heldenstein Jettenbach Kirchdorf Kraiburg Lohkirchen Maitenbeth Mettenheim	Niederbergkirchen Niedertaufkirchen Oberbergkirchen Oberneukirchen Obertaufkirchen Polling Rattenkirchen Rechtmehring Reichertsheim Schönberg Schwindegg Taufkirchen Unterreit Zangberg

References

↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2013.
↑ Freed, p. 13

Bibliography

Freed, John B. Noble Bondsmen: Ministerial Marriages in the Archdiocese of Salzburg, 1100-1343. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1995).

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Mühldorf am Inn.

Official website (German)

Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Bavaria in Germany

Urban districts	Amberg Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bamberg Bayreuth Coburg Erlangen Fürth Hof Ingolstadt Kaufbeuren Kempten Landshut Memmingen München (Munich) Nürnberg (Nuremberg) Passau Regensburg Rosenheim Schwabach Schweinfurt Straubing Weiden Würzburg

Rural districts	Aichach-Friedberg Altötting Amberg-Sulzbach Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bad Kissingen Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Bamberg Bayreuth Berchtesgadener Land Cham Coburg Dachau Deggendorf Dillingen Dingolfing-Landau Donau-Ries Ebersberg Eichstätt Erding Erlangen-Höchstadt Forchheim Freising Freyung-Grafenau Fürstenfeldbruck Fürth Garmisch-Partenkirchen Günzburg Haßberge Hof Kelheim Kitzingen Kronach Kulmbach Landsberg Landshut Lichtenfels Lindau Main-Spessart Miesbach Miltenberg Mühldorf München (Munich) Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Neumarkt Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim Neustadt an der Waldnaab Neu-Ulm Nürnberger Land Oberallgäu Ostallgäu Passau Pfaffenhofen Regen Regensburg Rhön-Grabfeld Rosenheim Roth Rottal-Inn Schwandorf Schweinfurt Starnberg Straubing-Bogen Tirschenreuth Traunstein Unterallgäu Weilheim-Schongau Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Wunsiedel Würzburg

Coordinates: 48°15′N 12°25′E / 48.25°N 12.42°E / 48.25; 12.42

Authority control	VIAF: 242980478 GND: 4040456-0

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