Freising

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Freising

Total population

45,857

Air quality index

37Good

Coordinates48.40°, 11.74°

Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Freising is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising Landkreis (district), with a population of about 50,000.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

A

Andreas Portune

German politician (1875-1945)

Manfred Pointner

German politician

H

Hans Heckner

German architect

M

Maurus Hagel

German monk (1780-1842)

J

Johann Wimmer

German politician (1921-2004)

M

Matthias Widmann

G

George Morin

German journalist (1831-1918)

J

Jörg Modlmayr

German poet and writer

H

Hans Hölzl

German politician

Irma Holzer

Holocaust victim (born 1896)

S

Siegfried Holzer

Holocaust victim (born 1897)

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Ilse Holzer

Holocaust victim (born 1897)

M

Martin Holzer

F

Frieda Färber

b. 1898-10-30

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Auguste Koenigsberger

pianist, b. 1867-03-12

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Marianne Lang

German businesswoman, b. 1958

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Freising

Hochstift Freising (Freising, Ismaning, Burgrain) (Historischer Atlas von Bayern : Teil Altbayern)

Helmuth Stahleder · 1974

Diözesanmuseum Freising

Diözesanmuseum Freising (Germany) · 1984

Bayern nach der französischen Julirevolution

Cornelia Zumkeller · 1991

Katholische Kirche in Bayern, 1945-1960

Michael Fellner · 2008

Kardinal Johann Theodor von Bayern

Manfred Weitlauff · 1970

Klausur

Tomas Dashuber · 2016

Pfarrbücherverzeichnisse für das rechtsrheinische Bayern

Bayerische Archivverwaltung · 1938

Glockenland

Georg Impler · 2015

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Black-shouldered Shieldbug

Carpocoris purpureipennis

Seen 2026-06-26

Tortoise Bug

Eurygaster testudinaria

Seen 2026-06-26

Cabbage Bug

Eurydema oleracea

Seen 2026-06-26

Old man's beard

Clematis vitalba

Seen 2026-06-26

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-06-26

Spotted Longhorn Beetle

Rutpela maculata

Seen 2026-06-26

Broad-bodied Chaser

Libellula depressa

Seen 2026-06-26

Four-spotted Skimmer

Libellula quadrimaculata

Seen 2026-06-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers