Pfaffenhofen (district)

Pfaffenhofen
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Upper Bavaria
Capital	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Government
• District admin.	Albert Gürtner (FW)
Area
• Total	760 km2 (290 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2023)[1]
• Total	132,966
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	PAF
Website	landkreis-pfaffenhofen.de

Pfaffenhofen (German: [pfafn̩ˈhoːfn̩] ^ⓘ) is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Eichstätt, Kelheim, Freising, Dachau and Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, and the city of Ingolstadt.

In early medieval times the region was partially property of the powerful monasteries of Ilmmünster and Münchsmünster, and partially divided into tiny secular states. One of those states was the county of Scheyern. The counts were ancestors of the Wittelsbach family, who in 1180 became rulers of Bavaria. From that time on the region was a part of Bavaria.

The district of Pfaffenhofen was established in 1972 by merging several former districts.

The district is located in the Hallertau Plains between the Isar and Danube rivers. The Danube crosses the northernmost part of the district.

The coat of arms displays:

• the white and blue lozenges of Bavaria
• a cross symbolising the monastery of Scheyern
• a branch of hops

Towns

Municipalities

These are the official sister cities

	Country	City	County / District / Region / State
	Serbia	Valjevo	Kolubara District

• Official website (German)

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