Niederbayern (region)

Lower Bavaria Niederbayern
Regierungsbezirk
Map of Bavaria highlighting the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Bavaria
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Region seat	Landshut
Area
• Total	10,329.87 km² (3,988.39 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2015)
• Total	1,212,119
• Density	120/km² (300/sq mi)
Website	regierung.niederbayern.bayern.de

Lower Bavaria (German: Niederbayern) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state.

Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions (Planungsverband) - Landshut and Donau-Wald. Recent election results mark it as the most conservative part of Germany, generally giving huge margins to the CSU. This part of Bavaria includes the Bavarian Forest, a well-known tourist destination in Germany, and the Lower Bavarian Upland.

Landkreise
(districts)

Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)

Next to the former ducal residences Landshut and Straubing and the baroque episcopal city of Passau, the city of Kelheim with the Befreiungshalle and Weltenburg Abbey belong to the major tourist attractions. To the scenic attractions belong the River Danube and the Bavarian Forest with Mount Großer Arber.

The duchy of Lower Bavaria was created for the first time with the First Bavarian partition in 1255 under duke Henry but there was no exact identity with the current territory. After the reunification in 1340 Bavaria was divided again in 1349, in 1353 Bavaria-Straubing and Bavaria-Landshut were created in Lower Bavaria. In 1505 Bavaria was irrevocably reunited.

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