Fürstenfeldbruck (district)

Fürstenfeldbruck
District
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Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Oberbayern
Capital	Fürstenfeldbruck
Area
• Total	435 km2 (168 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)
• Total	208,272
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	FFB
Website	http://www.lra-ffb.de

Fürstenfeldbruck is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of Munich and the districts of Munich, Starnberg, Landsberg, Aichach-Friedberg and Dachau.

History

In medieval times the region was a clerical state ruled by the abbey of Fürstenfeld. When the clerical states of Holy Empire were dissolved in 1803, the territory was annexed by Bavaria. The district of Fürstenfeldbruck was established in 1938.

Geography

The district is occupied by the western Munich metropolitan area. It has the highest population density of all Bavarian districts. More than 90 percent of the population live in the eastern half of the district, which includes the suburbs of Munich.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms

The red and white bar is from the family arms of Saint Bernard, who had been the founder of the Cistercian order (Fürstenfeld was a Cistercian monastery) The crown is from the arms of the abbot Alexander Pellhammer The bridge represents the city of Bruck (which was later merged with Fürstenfeld to form the city of Fürstenfeldbruck)

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Fürstenfeldbruck Germering Olching Puchheim	Adelshofen Alling Althegnenberg Egenhofen Eichenau Emmering Grafrath Gröbenzell Hattenhofen Jesenwang	Kottgeisering Landsberied Maisach Mammendorf Mittelstetten Moorenweis Oberschweinbach Schöngeising Türkenfeld

External links

• Official website (German)
• Regional news platform for the Landkreis Fürstenfeldbruck (German)