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Administrative region of Bavaria, Germany
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Lower Bavaria is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, in the southeast of Germany, bordering Austria and the Czech Republic. It is a land of rolling hills, historic Danube cities, and the vast wilderness of the Bavarian Forest.
By rail
Excellent ICE and regional connections link Passau and Landshut from Munich, Regensburg and Vienna.
By car
The A3 (Nuremberg–Passau) and A92 (Munich–Deggendorf) are the main arteries.
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the capital of Lower Bavaria
Deggendorf is a town in Lower Bavaria, lying on the river Danube and on the edge of the Bavarian Forest National Park.
a small beautiful university town on the Austrian border
Straubing is a city of 48,000 people (2018) in Lower Bavaria. It is the center of the Gäuboden, a fertile plain along the Danube, and a gateway to the nearby Bavarian Forest.
home of Weltenburg Abbey, or Kloster Weltenburg
The Bavarian Forest or (in German) Bayerischer Wald is a mountainous region on the German-Czech border in Bavaria.
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