The Lower Bavarian Upland, Lower Bavarian Hill Country (German: ''Niederbayerisches Hügelland'') or Lower Bavarian Hills, are part of the tertiary ''

Hügelland ''Hügelland'' is a type of landscape consisting of low rolling hills (geology), rolling hills whose topography or surface structure lies between that of a lowland region (plains or river terraces) and that of a more rugged hill range or low mount ...

'' or hill country south of the

River Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

and cover much of the land within the Bavarian province of

Lower Bavaria Lower Bavaria (german: Niederbayern, Bavarian: ''Niedabayern'') is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state. Geography Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions () – Landshut and Donau- ...

in southern

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. To the north it is bordered by 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 ...

region and the

Bavarian Forest The village of Zell in the Bavarian Forest The Bavarian Forest (German: ' or ''Bayerwald''; bar, Boarischa Woid) is a wooded, low-mountain region in Bavaria, Germany that is about 100 kilometres long. It runs along the Czech border and is co ...

; to the south by

Upper Bavaria Upper Bavaria (german: Oberbayern, ; ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany. Geography Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered on the city of Munich, both state capital and seat o ...

, to the east by the

Lower Inn Valley The Lower Inn Valley (german: Unterinntal) is that part of the Inntal valley through which the Inn (river), Inn river flows from a point a few kilometres west of Innsbruck near its confluence with the Melach downstream to a few kilometres before R ...

and to the west by the

Franconian Jura The Franconian Jura ( , , or ) is an upland in Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. Located between two rivers, the Danube in the south and the Main in the north, its peaks reach elevations of up to and it has an area of some 7053.8 km2. Emil Meyn ...

(''Fränkische Alb''). In the western part of the Lower Bavarian Hills lies the

Hallertau The Hallertau or Holledau is an area in Bavaria, Germany. With an area of 178 km², it is listed as the largest continuous hop-planting area in the world.Bentley, James; Catling, Christopher; & Locke, Tim (1994). ''Munich and Bavaria''. Chicago: ...

, the world's largest hop-growing region.Bentley, James; Catling, Christopher; & Locke, Tim (1994). ''Munich and Bavaria''. Chicago: Passport Books. 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 the

River Isar The Isar is a river in Tyrol, Austria, and Bavaria, Germany, which is not navigable for watercraft above raft size. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tyrol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald and flows through Bad Tölz, Mun ...

as 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 are

Ingolstadt Ingolstadt (, Austro-Bavarian: ) is an independent city on the Danube in Upper Bavaria with 139,553 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2022). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan area. Ingolstadt is the second largest city in Upper Ba ...

, Landshut and

Freising Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising ''Landkreis'' (district), with a population of about 50,000. Location Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the ...

. Other larger centres of population are

Landau an der Isar ] Landau an der Isar (Central Bavarian: ''Landa an da Isar'') is the second-largest town in the Lower Bavaria, Lower Bavarian district, or ''Landkreis'', of Dingolfing-Landau, in the state of Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the river Isar, 120 km ...

Pfarrkirchen Pfarrkirchen is a municipality in southern Lower Bavaria Germany, the capital of the district Rottal-Inn. It has about 12,500 inhabitants and is an important school centre with about 10,000 pupils from all over Lower Bavaria. The town spreads ...

, Eggenfelden,

Vilsbiburg Vilsbiburg (, regional: Vib ɪb is a town on the river Große Vils, 18 km southeast of Landshut, in the district of Landshut, in Bavaria, Germany. The city owes its name to the river Große Vils which runs through Vilsbiburg. As of 2019 ...

, Bad Griesbach im Rottal, Ortenburg, Triftern,

Rottenburg an der Laaber Rottenburg an der Laaber is a town in the district of Landshut, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Große Laber, 21 km northwest of Landshut. Notable residents/natives * Max Ritter von Müller (1887–1918), World ...

and

Pfeffenhausen Pfeffenhausen is a market town and a municipality in the district of Landshut 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 E ...

. The Lower Bavarian Spa Triangle (''Niederbayerisches Bäderdreieck'') is of particularly importance for tourism.

References

Sources

*Ulrich Pietrusky, Donatus Moosauer, Günther Michler: ''Niederbayern – im Fluge neu entdeckt''. Verlag Morsak, Grafenau, 2. Aufl. 1982 {{coord, 48.6244, N, 12.3328, E, source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:DE, display=title Regions of Bavaria Geography of Bavaria Lower Bavaria Natural regions of Germany