Lower Bavaria

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Lower Bavaria
Niederbayern (German)
Niedabayern (Bavarian)
Regierungsbezirk
Flag of Lower Bavaria.svg
Flag
DEU Niederbayern COA.svg
Coat of arms
Locator map RB Niederbayern in Bavaria.svg
Map of Bavaria highlighting Lower Bavaria
Coordinates: 48°31′N12°09′E / 48.517°N 12.150°E / 48.517; 12.150
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Region seat Landshut
Government
 •  District President Rainer Haselbeck
Area
 • Total10,329.87 km2 (3,988.39 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022) [1]
 • Total1,273,955
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
GDP
[2]
 • Total€52.914 billion (2021)
Website regierung.niederbayern.bayern.de

Lower Bavaria (German : Niederbayern, Bavarian: Niedabayern) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state. It consists of nine districts and 258 municipalities (including three cities).

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Geography

Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions (Planungsverband) – Landshut and Donau-Wald. Recent election results mark it as the most conservative part of Germany,[ citation needed ] 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.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1900 678,192—    
1910 724,331+0.66%
1939 755,980+0.15%
1950 1,041,333+2.95%
1960 927,399−1.15%
1970 977,166+0.52%
1980 998,192+0.21%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1990 1,078,110+0.77%
2000 1,176,206+0.87%
2005 1,196,923+0.35%
2010 1,189,701−0.12%
2015 1,212,119+0.37%
2019 1,244,169+0.65%

Economy

The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 48.5 billion € in 2018, accounting for 1.4% of German economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 36,100 € or 120% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 100% of the EU average. [3]

Main sights

Befreiungshalle in Kelheim with River Danube 2013 Weltenburg 18.jpg
Befreiungshalle in Kelheim with River Danube

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 including the Donaudurchbruch at Weltenburg and the Bavarian Forest with Mount Großer Arber.

History

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, then in 1353 Bavaria-Straubing and Bavaria-Landshut were created in Lower Bavaria. In 1505 Bavaria was permanently reunited. For administrative purposes, Bavaria was split into Rentämter (plural of Rentamt  [ bar; de; es ]). Lower Bavaria consisted of the Rentamt Landshut and Rentamt Straubing.

Control of Lower Bavaria was one of the issues involved in the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778-9. [4] : 244 

After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1805, the state was totally reorganized and, in 1808, divided into 15 administrative districts(German: Regierungsbezirke (singular Regierungsbezirk)), in Bavaria called Kreise (singular: Kreis). They were created in the fashion of the French departements, quite even in size and population, and named after their main rivers. In the following years, due to territorial changes (e. g. loss of Tyrol [to Italy and Austria], addition of the Palatinate), the number of districts was reduced to 8. One of these was the Unterdonaukreis (Lower Danube District). In 1837, King Ludwig I of Bavaria renamed the Kreise after historical territorial names and tribes. This also involved border changes or territorial swaps. Thus the Unterdonaukreis changed to Lower Bavaria. The district capital was moved from Passau to Landshut which was added from Isarkreis.

Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate were consolidated in 1932 in one administrative district. In 1954 the two districts were restored again. In 1972 Lower Bavaria was reshaped when the rural districts covered were reshaped too.

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References

  1. ↑ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)
  2. ↑ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat" . Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.
  4. ↑ Swafford, Jan, "Mozart: The Reign of Love", Harpercollins, 2020.
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