Straubing-Bogen is a Landkreis (district) in the eastern part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Cham, Regen, Deggendorf, Dingolfing-Landau, Landshut and Regensburg. The independent town of Straubing is surrounded by the district. The seat of the government of the district (Landratsamt) is located in Straubing.
The only towns within the district itself are Bogen and Geiselhöring.
Geography The main river is the Danube, which crosses the district from the west to the east. There are two major geographical regions in the district. One is the Gäuboden with the Danube region and lowlands, the other are the mountains of the Bavarian Forest (Bayerische Wald).
History The district was created in 1972 by merging the previous districts of Straubing and Bogen and parts of the Mallersdorf district.
Coat of arms The coat of arms is based on the coat of arms of the former district Straubing. At the bottom are the white-and-blue diamonds as the symbol of Bavaria, as the Wittelsbach inherited them as their coat of arms upon the extinction of the Counts of Bogen. Above them the wavy line symbolizes the river Danube. The grain ears in the top part stand of the mostly agricultural structure of the district. The Madonna in the middle was added after the merger with the district Bogen, and stands for the St. Mary pilgrimate in Bogenberg.
Towns and municipalities
TownsMunicipalitiesBogen Geiselhöring Markt Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg Mitterfels¹ Schwarzach¹ ¹ administrated in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Aiterhofen Hunderdorf Mitterfels Rain Schwarzach Stallwang StraßkirchenAholfing Aiterhofen Ascha Atting Falkenfels Feldkirchen Haibach Haselbach Hunderdorf Irlbach Kirchroth Konzell Laberweinting Leiblfing Loitzendorf Mariaposching<li> Neukirchen <li> Niederwinkling <li> Oberschneiding <li> Parkstetten <li> Perasdorf <li> Perkam <li> Rain <li> Rattenberg <li> Rattiszell <li> Salching <li> Sankt Englmar <li> Stallwang <li> Steinach <li> Straßkirchen <li> Wiesenfelden <li> Windberg
Former municipalities until 1 May 1978
former municipality ( today a part of municipality ) population municipality (year 1961) population main village (year 1961) Bogenberg (Bogen) 585 191 Degernbach (Bogen) 1.035 98 Elisabethszell (Haibach) 774 227 Gossersdorf (Konzell) 620 270 Haunkenzell (Rattiszell) 688 130 Oberalteich (Bogen) 1.319 374 Saulburg (Wiesenfelden and Kirchroth) 737 190 Steinburg (Hunderdorf) 563 180 Waltendorf (Niederwinkling) 482 135 Zinzenzell (Wiesenfelden and Stallwang) 562 215
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