Eichstätt (district) explained

Kreis Eichstätt
State:Bavaria
Image Coa:DEU Landkreis Eichstätt COA.svg
Capital:Eichstätt
Regierungsbezirk:Upper Bavaria
Area:1214
Kreisschlüssel:09176
District Admin:Alexander Anetsberger
Admin Party:CSU
Carsign:EI
Url:landkreis-eichstaett.de

Eichstätt is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Donau-Ries, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Roth, Neumarkt, Kelheim and Pfaffenhofen, and by the city of Ingolstadt.

History

The district of Eichstätt in its present form was established in 1972 by merging the former district of Eichstätt with parts of the dissolved districts of Ingolstadt, Beilngries, Riedenburg and Hilpoltstein. The city of Eichstätt lost its status as a district-free city and became the capital of the new district.Today the Eichstätt district has powerful economic structures. The rate of jobless people is only 1.2% (June 2011).

Geography

The district is located in the southern part of the Frankish Alb. 80% of the district are situated in the Altmühltal Nature Park. In the southeast the Danube forms a short part of the border.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

Towns and municipalities

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  1. Beilngries
  2. Eichstätt
  1. Adelschlag
  2. Altmannstein
  3. Böhmfeld
  4. Buxheim
  5. Denkendorf
  6. Dollnstein
  7. Egweil
  8. Eitensheim
  9. Gaimersheim
  10. Großmehring
  11. Hepberg
  12. Hitzhofen
  13. Kinding
  14. Kipfenberg
  1. Kösching
  2. Lenting
  3. Mindelstetten
  4. Mörnsheim
  5. Nassenfels
  6. Oberdolling
  7. Pförring
  8. Pollenfeld
  9. Schernfeld
  10. Stammham
  11. Titting
  12. Walting
  13. Wellheim
  14. Wettstetten

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