Upper Bavaria - Geography

Geography

Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered around the city of Munich. It is subdivided into four regions (Planungsverband): Ingolstadt, Munich, Bayerisches Oberland (Bavarian Highland), and Südostoberbayern (South East Upper Bavaria). It is named 'Upper Bavaria' because the land is higher above sea level than the rest of Bavaria, not because it is farther north.

Landkreise
(districts)		 Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)
  1. Altötting
  2. Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
  3. Berchtesgadener Land
  4. Dachau
  5. Ebersberg
  6. Eichstätt
  7. Erding
  8. Freising
  9. Fürstenfeldbruck
  10. Garmisch-Partenkirchen
  11. Landsberg
  12. Miesbach
  13. Mühldorf
  14. Munich (München)
  15. Neuburg-Schrobenhausen
  16. Pfaffenhofen
  17. Rosenheim
  18. Starnberg
  19. Traunstein
  20. Weilheim-Schongau
  1. Ingolstadt
  2. Munich (München)
  3. Rosenheim

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