Ebersberg (district)
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Ebersberg is a district in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Erding
Erding (district)
Erding is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Landshut, Mühldorf, Ebersberg, Munich and Freising.-History:...

, Mühldorf
Mühldorf (district)
Mühldorf is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Landshut, Rottal-Inn, Altötting, Traunstein, Rosenheim, Ebersberg and Erding.-History:...

, Rosenheim
Rosenheim (district)
Rosenheim is a Kreis in the south of Bavaria, Germany.Neighboring districts are, clockwise from the west, Miesbach, Munich, Ebersberg, Mühldorf, and Traunstein, with the Austrian province Tirol across the southern border....

 and Munich
Munich (district)
Munich is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It borders the districts of Dachau, Freising, Erding, Ebersberg, Rosenheim, Miesbach, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Starnberg, Fürstenfeldbruck, and surrounds district-free city Munich itself, which is the district seat.-History:The history of the region is...

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History

The most important event in the district's history was the battle of Hohenlinden
Battle of Hohenlinden (1800)
The Battle of Hohenlinden was fought on 3 December 1800 during the French Revolutionary Wars. A French army under Jean Victor Marie Moreau won a decisive victory over the Austrians and Bavarians led by Archduke John of Austria. After being forced into a disastrous retreat, the allies were compelled...

 on December 3, 1800, which was a part of the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
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Geography

The district includes rural areas east of the city of Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

. Despite the vicinity of Munich urbanisation is low. In the north there is a contiguous forest area of 80 km², serving as recreation area for the population of the Bavarian capital. The forest consists of three separate unincorporated area
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

s, Anzinger Forst, Ebersberger Forst, and Eglhartinger Forst.

Coat of arms

The arms display both parts of the word "Ebersberg": a boar (German "Eber") standing on a mountain (German "Berg"). These two symbols are part of the arms of the city of Ebersberg as well. In addition the district's arms include a fir, symbolising the forests of the region.

Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. Ebersberg
    Ebersberg
    Ebersberg is the district seat of the similarly named Landkreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Oberbayern in southern Germany. The Ebersberger Forst is one of Germany’s largest continuous area of woodlands....

  2. Grafing
    Grafing
    Grafing bei München is a town in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. In 2003, the town marked its 50th anniversary of being raised to town .-Geography:...

  • Anzing
    Anzing
    Anzing is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg.-Municipal divisions:Constituent communities include Anzing, Auhofen, Boden, Froschkern, Frotzhofen, Garkofen, Hl...

  • Aßling
    Aßling
    Aßling is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. It is, along with the communities of Emmering and Frauenneuharting a member of the administrative community of the same name.-Geography:...

  • Baiern
    Baiern
    Baiern is a community in the district of Ebersberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is a member of the administrative community of Glonn....

  • Bruck
    Bruck, Upper Bavaria
    Bruck is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. It is a member of the administrative community of Glonn.-Geography:Bruck lies in the Munich region...

  • Egmating
    Egmating
    Egmating is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. It is a member of the administrative community of Glonn.-Geography:Egmating lies in the Munich region...

  • Emmering
    Emmering, Ebersberg
    Emmering is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. It is a member of the administrative community of Aßling.-Geography:Emmering lies in the Munich region...

  • Forstinning
    Forstinning
    Forstinning is a community in the district of Ebersberg in Upper Bavaria.-Geography:Forstinning lies in the Munich region in the north of the Ebersberg district and on the northern edge of the Munich Schotterebene and the Ebersberg Forest...

  • Frauenneuharting
    Frauenneuharting
    Frauenneuharting is a community in the district of Ebersberg in Upper Bavaria and a member of the administrative community of Aßling.-Constituent communities:*Aichat*Alme*Anger*Baumberg*Biebing*Buch*Eichbichl*Eschenloh*Gersdorf*Graben*Großaschau...

  • Glonn
    Glonn
    Glonn is a market town in the Ebersberg district in Upper Bavaria, Germany, about southeast of Munich.- Geography :The market town of Glonn is a health spa , and the Glonn Valley is ringed by wooded hills, carved by the former Inn glacier...



    1. Hohenlinden
      Hohenlinden
      Hohenlinden is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. The city of Lynden, Washington is named after it...


    2. Kirchseeon
      Kirchseeon
      Kirchseeon is a market town in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg and lies 15 km east of Munich city limits.The nearest communities are Grafing and Ebersberg. The Bavarian capital, Munich, can be reached by S-Bahn , which runs over the Munich–Salzburg line...


    3. Markt Schwaben
      Markt Schwaben
      Markt Schwaben is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It lies roughly 23 km east of Munich on the northern edge of the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg...


    4. Moosach
      Moosach
      Moosach is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Glonn.- Geography :...


    5. Oberpframmern
      Oberpframmern
      Oberpframmern is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Glonn. It lies roughly 24 kilometres southeast of Munich.-Geography:Oberpframmern lies in the Munich Region...


    6. Pliening
      Pliening
      Pliening is a community east of Munich in the northwest of the district of Ebersberg in the Regierungsbezirk of Upper Bavaria, Germany. In the local dialect, the name is pronounced Pleaning. It has flourished in recent decades, partly as a commuter base for Munich, located some 20 km to the west...


    7. Poing
      Poing, Germany
      Poing is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg, lying east of central Munich.-Geography:Poing is approximately NE of Munich and is serviced by the Munich S-Bahn and MVV Bus systems. Poing has two...


    8. Steinhöring
      Steinhöring
      Steinhöring is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg.- Geography :Steinhöring lies in the Munich Region. It includes two traditional rural land units named Sankt Christoph and Steinhöring.- History :...


    9. Vaterstetten
      Vaterstetten
      Vaterstetten is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. It lies east of Munich and is the district’s biggest community. Vaterstetten is on the outskirts of Munich, roughly twenty minutes by S-Bahn from the Marienplatz.-Location:...


    10. Zorneding
      Zorneding
      Zorneding is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. It lies some 20 km east of Munich, Bavaria’s capital.-Neighbouring communities:...



    Unincorporated Areas
    1. Anzinger Forst
    2. Ebersberger Forst
    3. Eglhartinger Forst

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