District Regensburg

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base data
Land of the Federal Republic:	Bavaria
governmental district:	Upper Palatinate
administrative seat:	Regensburg
surface:	1.395, 92 km ²
inhabitants:	180.354 (31. December 2003)
Population density:	129 inhabitants for each km ²
Kfz characteristics:	R
circle key:	09 3 75
circle arrangement:	41 Municipalities
address of the district administration:	Altmühlstrasse 3 93059 Regensburg
official Website:	www.landkreis-regensburg.de
E-Mail address:
Politics
land advice:	Harsh ore Mirbeth (CSU)
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the district Regensburg is the southernmost district of the governmental district Upper Palatinate. It borders in the northwest on the new marketin the Upper Palatinate, in the north to the district swan village, in the northeast to the district Cham (everything in the governmental district Upper Palatinate), in the east to the district Straubing elbow, in the south to the district land hat and in the southwest to that District Kelheim (everything in Lower Bavaria). The circle-free city Regensburg will completely surround Regensburg by the district.

1 Geografie
2 history
3 politics
4 traffic
5 coats of arms
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Geografie

the district is landschaftlich multiformly. It covers the Danube valley and the valleys of Laaber, rains and Naab, the front Bavarian forest and the edges of the Frankish Alb.

The surface of the district covers 1,395, 92 km ². The largest expansion of the district in east west direction amounts to approx.61 km, in north south direction approx. 52 km. That highest point is the fuel mountain with 653 m over NN, the deepest point the Gmünder outer one with 320 M.

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history

the district Regensburg carries its current names since 1939.At that time the Bavarian offices for district were transferred into the realm far uniform districts. 1972 received the district its current size, after he around places of the districts Parsberg, Burglengenfeld, [[district Gang castle|Gang castle to the Laaber]], [[district Mallersdorf|Mallersdorf]] and Kelheim extends became.

ThatOffice for district Regensburg had been extended 1929 by the office for district Stadtamhof. This was 1880 by the largest part of the dissolved office for district Hemau increased.

Before 1803 the areas of the today's district belonged primarily to the prince diocese Regensburg, to cure Bavaria and to Duchy Pfalz Neuburg. 1628 were the Upper Palatinate at Bavaria please, of it also parts of the today's district.

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politics

harsh ore Mirbeth (CSU) are since that 1. May 2002 land advice of the district.

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traffic

the capital of the districtUpper Palatinate is junction of important railways, which were put on first by the AG of the Bavarian east courses:

In the year 1859 the first line reached Regensburg of Munich over Sünching and led far to swan village - Amberg - Nuremberg.

Only 1873 followedthe direct distance over new market after Nuremberg. In the same year one knew Passau also to land hat - Munich the shorter way over Eggmühl to take, during of Sünching only toward Straubing - was driven.

1874 became the Danube valley course afterHall - Ingolstadt by the Bavarian state railways taken in enterprise. From it 1875 branched the short pass course in Sinzing to Alling.

Further national local railways followed only after the turn of the century: 1903: Eggmühl - Schierling - Langquaid and 1913: Regensburg Wutzlhofen -Wenzenbach - falcon stone.

A characteristic represented the schmalspurige Walhallabahn of the local railway corporation Munich, which from Stadtamhof after 1889 Danube-baptize and to Wörth on the left Danube bank along-continued to drive 1903. Here the passenger traffic was already shut down 1960; on the other oneLocal railway distances in the years 1967/68 and 1984, altogether 50 kilometers:

1960: R-Reinhausen - Danube-baptize - Wörth =M= 23 km
1984: R-Wutzlhofen - Irlbach - falcon stone 18 km
1967: Sinzing - Alling 4 km
1968: Eggmühl - Schierling - Langquaid 5km

it remain the main courses at 112 km length.

The district Regensburg becomes by the motorways A3 (passport outer Nuremberg) and A93 (Munich yard) opened.

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coats of arms

under sign head with the Bavarian lozenges split of red and silver; in front silverDiagonal bar, in the back a red paw cross.

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cities and municipalities

the district Regensburg covers 41 municipalities. They were divided into 22 unit municipalities and 19 member municipalities into 7 central administrative bodies.

Cities
¹ member municipality of a central administrative body