Fürstenfeldbruck is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

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. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of

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and the districts of

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, 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 1939.

Geography

The district is occupied by the western

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

* The red and white bar is from the family arms of Saint Bernard, who had been the founder of the

Cistercian The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...

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)

Politics

Fürstenfeldbruck (electoral district)

Towns and municipalities

References

External links

Official website

Regional news platform for the Landkreis Fürstenfeldbruck
{{DEFAULTSORT:Furstenfeldbruck (District) Districts of Bavaria