Lower Bavarian Upland

TheLower Bavarian Upland,Lower Bavarian Hill Country(German:Niederbayerisches Hügelland) orLower Bavarian Hills,are part of the tertiaryHügellandor hill country^[1]south of theRiver Danubeand cover much of the land within the Bavarian province ofLower Bavariain southernGermany.To the north it is bordered by theGäubodenregion and theBavarian Forest;to the south byUpper Bavaria,to the east by theLower Inn Valleyand to the west by theFranconian Jura(Fränkische Alb). In the western part of the Lower Bavarian Hills lies theHallertau,the world's largesthop-growing region.^[2]It belongs to two of officially defined natural regions in Germany: the eponymous Lower Bavarian hills and the Isar-Inn Gravel Beds (Isar-Inn-Schotterplatten) and is sub-divided into the Danube-Isar Hills (Donau-Isar-Hügelland) and the Isar-Inn Upland (Isar-Inn-Hügelland) with theRiver Isaras the boundary. The hills continue over the border into Austria as the Upper Austrian Hills (Oberösterreichischen Hügelland).

The biggest cities in the lower Bavarian Upland areIngolstadt,LandshutandFreising.Other larger centres of population areLandau an der Isar,Pfarrkirchen,Eggenfelden,Vilsbiburg,Bad Griesbach im Rottal,Ortenburg,Triftern,Rottenburg an der LaaberandPfeffenhausen.TheLower Bavarian Spa Triangle(Niederbayerisches Bäderdreieck) is of particularly importance for tourism.

References

^Dickinson, Robert E. (1964).Germany: A regional and economic geography(2nd ed.). London: Methuen.
^Bentley, James; Catling, Christopher; & Locke, Tim (1994).Munich and Bavaria.Chicago: Passport Books.

Sources

Ulrich Pietrusky, Donatus Moosauer, Günther Michler:Niederbayern – im Fluge neu entdeckt.Verlag Morsak, Grafenau, 2. Aufl. 1982ISBN 3-87553-135-3

48°37′28″N12°19′58″E/ 48.6244°N 12.3328°E/48.6244; 12.3328

[1] Dickinson, Robert E. (1964).Germany: A regional and economic geography(2nd ed.). London: Methuen.

[2] Bentley, James; Catling, Christopher; & Locke, Tim (1994).Munich and Bavaria.Chicago: Passport Books.

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