Freising
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Freising is a town in Bavaria, Germany, with about 50,000 residents that serves as the capital of its district and is known for being a university town. The town is significant as an educational and administrative center in the Bavarian region.
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Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Freising (Oberbayern) COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- Domberg FS.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Domberg (cathedral hill) Freising
- German location.image_plan
- Freising in FS.svg
- German location.state
- Bayern
- German location.region
- Oberbayern
- German location.district
- Freising
- German location.elevation
- 448
- German location.area
- 88.59
- German location.postal_code
- 85354, 85356
- German location.area_code
- 08161
Article
17 sectionsContents
- Location
- Cultural significance
- History
- Education and research
- Schools
- Universities
- Research and education centers
- Libraries
- City archive
- Transport
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- Points of interest
- Sports
- See also
- References
- External links
Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising (district), with a population of about 50,000.
== Location == Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the Isar river in Upper Bavaria, north of Munich and near the Munich International Airport. The city is built on and around two prominent hills: the Cathedral Hill (Domberg) with the former Bishop's Residence and Freising Cathedral, and Weihenstephan Hill (Weihenstephaner Berg) with the former Weihenstephan Abbey, containing the oldest working brewery in the world. It was also the location of the first recorded tornado in Europe. The city is 448 metres above sea level.