Rottal-Inn

Rottal-Inn
District
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Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Niederbayern
Capital	Pfarrkirchen
Area
• Total	1,280 km2 (490 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)
• Total	117,654
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	PAN, EG, VIB, GRI
Website	http://www.rottal-inn.de

Rottal-Inn is a Kreis (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 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 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. In the upper-left 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. In the bottom-right a horse as the symbol of Pfarrkirchen, as the area is famous for the horse-breeding tradition. The blue wavy line between them symbolizes the two rivers in the district, the Inn and the Rott.

Towns and municipalities

cities	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften	municipalities
Eggenfelden Pfarrkirchen Simbach am Inn Markt(market towns) Arnstorf Bad Birnbach¹ Gangkofen Massing¹ Tann¹ Triftern Wurmannsquick ¹ administered within a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft	Bad Birnbach Ering Falkenberg Massing Tann	Bayerbach Dietersburg Egglham Ering Falkenberg Geratskirchen1 Hebertsfelden Johanniskirchen Julbach Kirchdorf am Inn Malgersdorf Mitterskirchen Postmünster Reut Rimbach1 Roßbach Schönau Stubenberg1 Unterdietfurt Wittibreut Zeilarn ¹ administered within a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

External links

• Official website (German)
• Big architectural photos of old churches in the district