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Lower Bavaria

Lower Bavaria is one of the seven administrative regions of , , located in the east of the state. It consists of nine districts and 258 municipalities.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Passau and Landshut.

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is a city in , , close to the border. Nowadays, is known for its historic buildings, its university, and its location at the three rivers, and for the last German train station before Austria.

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is the capital and the biggest city of Lower Bavaria in the federal state of . The city is best known for the Wedding, a quadrennial re-enactment of the actual medieval wedding, including knights' tournaments.

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is a city of 48,000 people in Lower Bavaria. It is the center of the Gäuboden, a fertile plain along the Danube, and a gateway to the nearby Bavarian Forest. was the main city for large parts of the forest for almost six centuries.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Deggendorf and Kelheim.

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is a town in Lower , lying on the river and on the edge of the .

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is a town in Lower Bavaria on the river . It is near this town that the Main Donau Kanal enters the Danube and thus the southern terminus of this canal.

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The Bavarian Forest or Bayerischer Wald is a mountainous region on the - border in .

Lower Bavaria

Latitude of center
48.75° or 48° 45′ north
Longitude of center
12.8333° or 12° 50′ east
Population
1,260,000
Elevation
320 metres (1,050 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2863622
Wiki­data ID
Q10559
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yakut—“Lower Bavaria” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Niederbayern”
  • Arabic: “بافاريا السفلى”
  • Aragonese: “Baixa Bavera”
  • Armenian: “Ստորին Բավարիա”
  • Asturian: “Baxa Baviera”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aşağı Bavariya”
  • Basque: “Bavaria Beherea”
  • Bavarian: “Niadabayern”
  • Bavarian: “Niedabayern”
  • Belarusian: “Ніжняя Баварыя”
  • Bulgarian: “Долна Бавария”
  • Catalan: “Niederbayern”
  • Cebuano: “Lower Bavaria”
  • Chinese: “下巴伐利亚行政区”
  • Chuvash: “Анат Бавари”
  • Czech: “Dolní Bavorsko”
  • Danish: “Niederbayern”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Bavyera Cêri”
  • Dutch: “Bezirk Niederbayern”
  • Dutch: “Niederbayern”
  • Dutch: “Regierungsbezirk Niederbayern”
  • Esperanto: “Malsupra Bavario”
  • Estonian: “Alam-Baieri ringkond”
  • Estonian: “Alam-Baieri”
  • Finnish: “Ala-Baijeri”
  • French: “Basse-Bavière”
  • French: “district de Basse-Bavière”
  • French: “District de Basse-Bavière”
  • Galician: “Baixa Baviera”
  • German: “Niederbayern”
  • German: “Regierungsbezirk Niederbayern”
  • Greek: “Κάτω Βαυαρία”
  • Hebrew: “בוואריה התחתית”
  • Hebrew: “בוואריה תחתית”
  • Hungarian: “Alsó-Bajorország”
  • Indonesian: “Bayern Hilir”
  • Indonesian: “Niederbayern”
  • Interlingue: “Infra Bavaria”
  • Italian: “Bassa Baviera”
  • Italian: “Distretto della Bassa Baviera”
  • Italian: “Distretto governativo della Bassa Baviera”
  • Japanese: “ニーダーバイエルン”
  • Japanese: “ニーダーバイエルン県”
  • Japanese: “ニーダーバイエルン行政管区”
  • Kazakh: “Төменгі Бавария”
  • Korean: “니더바이에른현”
  • Kurdish: “Bavyeraya Jêrîn”
  • Latin: “Bavaria Inferior”
  • Lithuanian: “Žemutinė Bavarija”
  • Lombard: “Basa Baviera”
  • Low German: “Nedderbayern”
  • Luxembourgish: “Nidderbayern”
  • Luxembourgish: “Regierungsbezierk Nidderbayern”
  • Macedonian: “Долна Баварија”
  • Northern Frisian: “Niederbayern”
  • Northern Sami: “Niederbayern (ráđđehusdistrikta)”
  • Northern Sami: “Niederbayern”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Niederbayern”
  • Norwegian: “Nedre Bayern”
  • Norwegian: “Niederbayern”
  • Ossetian: “Дæллаг Бавари”
  • Persian: “باواریای سفلی”
  • Persian: “بایرن سفلی”
  • Polish: “Dolna Bawaria”
  • Portuguese: “Baixa Baviera”
  • Romanian: “Niederbayern”
  • Russian: “Нижняя Бавария”
  • Serbian: “Доња Баварска”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Donja Bavarska”
  • Slovak: “Dolné Bavorsko”
  • Slovenian: “Niederbayern”
  • Slovenian: “Spodnja Bavarska”
  • Spanish: “Baja Baviera”
  • Spanish: “Niederbayern”
  • Swedish: “Niederbayern”
  • Tatar: “Түбән Бавария”
  • Tetum: “Baviera Kraik”
  • Thai: “นีเดอร์ไบเอิร์น”
  • Turkish: “Aşağı Bavyera”
  • Turkish: “Niederbayern”
  • Ukrainian: “Нижня Баварія”
  • Urdu: “نیدربائرن”
  • Vietnamese: “Hạ Bayern”
  • Welsh: “Bavaria Isaf”
  • Wu Chinese: “下巴伐利亚行政区”
  • Yakut: “Аллараа Бавария”
  • “Niederbayern”

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