Lower Bavaria

Lower Bavaria
Lower Bavaria; Niederbayern
	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 2010)
• Total	1,189,384
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Website	regierung.niederbayern.bayern.de

Wappen Bezirk Niederbayern — Coat of arms of Lower Bavaria

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

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, 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)
Deggendorf Dingolfing-Landau Freyung-Grafenau Kelheim Landshut Passau Regen Rottal-Inn Straubing-Bogen	Landshut Passau Straubing

Population[]

Historical population
1900	678,192
1910	724,331
1939	755,980
1950	1,041,333
1961	927,724
1970	977,166
1987	1,027,374
2002	1,191,476
2005	1,196,923
2006	1,193,820
2008	1,193,444
2010	1,189,701

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, in 1353 Bavaria-Straubing and Bavaria-Landshut were created in Lower Bavaria. In 1505 Bavaria was irrevocable reunited. In 1837 king Ludwig I of Bavaria created the district of Lower Bavaria.