Rottal-Inn Explained

Rottal-Inn
Image Coa:Wappen des Landkreises Rottal-Inn.svg
State:Bavaria
Regierungsbezirk:Lower Bavaria
Capital:Pfarrkirchen
Area:1280
Kreisschlüssel:09277
District Admin:Michael Fahmüller
Admin Party:CSU
Carsign:PAN, EG, VIB, GRI
Founded:1972
Url:http://www.rottal-inn.de

Rottal-Inn is a Landkreis (district) in the southeastern part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Altötting, Mühldorf, Landshut, Dingolfing-Landau and Passau. To the southeast is the Austrian state of Upper Austria (Braunau).

Geography

The main rivers in the district are the Inn and its tributary, the Rott.

History

The district was created in 1972 by merging the two previous districts of Pfarrkirchen and Eggenfelden and parts of the districts Griesbach and Vilsbiburg.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms combines the symbols of the two previous districts. Dexter in chief is a panther as the symbol of Eggenfelden, derived from the coat of arms of the Counts of Spanheim, who ruled the area until the 13th century. Sinister in base a horse as the symbol of Pfarrkirchen, as the area is famous for the horse-breeding tradition. The bendlet sinister Azure between them symbolizes the two rivers in the district, the Inn and the Rott.

Towns and municipalities

align=left width=33%Townsalign=left width=33%Verwaltungsgemeinschaftenalign=left width=33%Municipalities
  1. Eggenfelden
  2. Pfarrkirchen
  3. Simbach am Inn

Markt (market towns)

  1. Arnstorf
  2. Bad Birnbach¹
  3. Gangkofen
  4. Massing¹
  5. Tann¹
  6. Triftern
  7. Wurmannsquick

¹ administered within a
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

  1. Bad Birnbach
  2. Ering
  3. Falkenberg
  4. Massing
  5. Tann
  1. Bayerbach
  2. Dietersburg
  3. Egglham
  4. Ering
  5. Falkenberg
  6. Geratskirchen1
  7. Hebertsfelden
  8. Johanniskirchen
  9. Julbach
  10. Kirchdorf am Inn
  11. Malgersdorf
  12. Mitterskirchen
  13. Postmünster
  14. Reut
  15. Rimbach1
  16. Roßbach
  17. Schönau
  18. Stubenberg1
  19. Unterdietfurt
  20. Wittibreut
  21. Zeilarn

¹ administered within a
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

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