Freyung, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
🇩🇪 Freyung is a town in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the Freyung-Grafenau district. It is situated in the Bavarian Forest mountain range, near the border with Austria and the Czech Republic.
Geography The town is situated on the south-eastern rim of the Bavarian Forest National Park near the confluence of the Saußbach and Reschbach creeks. The town centre is located about 33 km (21 mi) north of Passau.
History About 1200 the Passau bishop Wolfger von Erla had Wolfstein Castle erected to control the surrounding estates he had received from the hands of the Hohenstaufen emperor Henry VI. A settlement was laid out beneath the castle which in 1301 was mentioned as Purchstol zu Wolferstein. The later name Freiung denoted the fact that the first settlers were exempt from taxes (cf. Freihaus). The nearby village of Kreuzberg received market rights in 1354, which were transferred to Freyung in 1523.
When the Prince-Bishopric of Passau was secularised in 1803, Freyung passed to the newly established Electorate of Salzburg, but upon the 1805 Peace of Pressburg was incorporated into the Kingdom of Bavaria. It received city rights in 1953.
Europe/Berlin/Bavaria
Freyung has a population of over 6,987 people. Freyung also forms the centre of the wider Freyung-Grafenau District which has a population of over 79,170 people. It is also a part of the larger Niederbayern Region.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Freyung has links with:
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Locations Near: Freyung 13.55,48.8
🇩🇪 Waldkirchen 13.601,48.732 d: 8.4
🇩🇪 Regen 13.133,48.967 d: 35.7
🇨🇿 Strakonice 13.904,49.262 d: 57.4
🇦🇹 Ried im Innkreis 13.49,48.21 d: 65.8
🇩🇪 Pfarrkirchen 12.917,48.417 d: 63.1
🇦🇹 Braunau am Inn 13.033,48.25 d: 72
🇨🇿 Písek 14.148,49.308 d: 71.3
🇦🇹 Vöcklabruck 13.651,48.006 d: 88.6
Antipodal to: Freyung -166.45,-48.8
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