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Freising (district)

Field	Value
name	Freising
state	Bavaria
image_flag	Flagge Landkreis Freising.svg
image_coa	DEU Landkreis Freising COA.svg
capital	Freising
regierungsbezirk	Upper Bavaria
area	800
Kreisschlüssel	09178
district_admin	Helmut Petz
admin_party	Freie Wähler
carsign	FS
url	[lra-freising.bayern.de](http://www.lra-freising.bayern.de)
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Freising is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. Following a recent ranking of the German magazine Focus-Money comparing all German districts it is number one concerning economic growth abilities. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Kelheim, Landshut, Erding, Munich, Dachau and Pfaffenhofen. The district is located north of the Munich metropolitan area. The Isar and Amper rivers run in parallel from southwest to northeast. North of the rivers there is the Hallertau, a hilly region mainly used for growing hop.

History

In the Holy Roman Empire, Freising was a clerical state ruled by the bishops. In 1803, when the clerical states of Germany were dissolved, the region was annexed by Bavaria.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

the blue and white checkered pattern of Bavaria
the rose from the arms of the medieval county of Moosburg
The "Freising Moor's head"

The Freising Moor's head

The Moor's head is a controversial charge in the coat of arms, which could represent one of many different persons:

One of the three Magi (one of them is shown as a Moor)
Saints who were thought to be Moors:
- Saint Maurice (Egyptian, but depicted as a Moor during the Crusades, likely for propaganda purposes)
- Saint Zeno of Verona (probably a Berber)
- Saint Sigismund of Burgundy (not a Moor, but mixed up with Saint Maurice)
A black Moor king
St. Corbinian, who was not a Moor, but whose pictures might have become darker over time
Another person or meaning lost in time

There is a crown on the Moor's head, which probably indicated that the territory of the Bishop of Freising was autonomous.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities

References

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