Grafling is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Deggendorf
Deggendorf () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the Deggendorf district.
It is located on the left bank approximately in the middle between the Danube cities of Regensburg and Passau. The Danube forms the town's natural border towards ...
in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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.
Geography
Grafling lies in the Danube Forest Planning Region (''Planungsregion Donau-Wald''). Its lowest point is in Großtiefenbach at 326 m above sea level (
NN). The highest points of the municipality are the Steinberg (999 m), the
Geißriegel (1,043 m), the
Dreitannenriegel (1,090 m) and the
Einödriegel (1,121 m) which rise above the valley of the Graflinger Tal to the east. To the north the valley ends at the Hochberg (727 m), to the west it is guarded by the Butzen (775 m) and the
Vogelsang (1,022 m) in the municipality of
Bernried
Bernried is a municipality in the district of Deggendorf in Bavaria in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, a ...
. To the south the valley opens up towards
Deggendorf
Deggendorf () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the Deggendorf district.
It is located on the left bank approximately in the middle between the Danube cities of Regensburg and Passau. The Danube forms the town's natural border towards ...
, the Danube Plain, and the
Gäuboden
The Gäuboden (also referred to in German as the Dungau) is a region in Lower Bavaria in southern Germany without any clear geographic or cultural boundaries, that covers an area about 15 kilometres wide south of the River Danube and the Bavaria ...
.
References
Deggendorf (district)
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