Passau District

district in Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
AdministrativeArea district_of_bavaria Q10489
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Summary

Passau District is a District of Bavaria[1]. It draws 892 Wikipedia views per month (district of bavaria category, ranking #16 of 70).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Climate Alliance[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lower Bavaria[4]
  • Country: Germany[5]
  • Head of government: Raimund Kneidinger[6]
  • Capital: Passau[7]
  • Shares border with: Freyung-Grafenau District[8], Deggendorf[9], Rottal-Inn[10], Rohrbach District[11], Schärding District[12], Passau[13]
  • Named after: Passau[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bad Griesbach im Rottal[15], Hauzenberg[16], Pocking[17], Vilshofen an der Donau[18], Aidenbach[19], Eging am See[20], Fürstenzell[21], Hofkirchen[22], Hutthurm[23], Kößlarn[24], Obernzell[25], Ortenburg[26], Rotthalmünster[27], Ruhstorf an der Rott[28]
  • Commons category: Landkreis Passau[29]
  • Licence plate code: PA[30]
  • Inception: July 1, 1862[31]
  • Highest point: Friedrichsberg[32]
  • Official website: http://www.landkreis-passau.de/[33]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Passau (district)[34]
  • Population: 162,355[35], 149,105[36], 60,355[37], 64,891[38], 42,650[39], 41,612[40], 57,518[41], 35,496[42]

Why It Matters

Passau District has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [3] ↑ . klimabuendnis.org. klimabuendnis.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1991). wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1978). wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1964). wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1952). wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Q23942332. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Q27098573. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Q27102247. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Q27102283. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21h ago · Project Firecorn · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'bar', 'be', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo',
    Named after → Passau
    Sitelink count → 50
    Claims rich → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Named after: Passau"
  2. 5w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Bad Griesbach im Rottal, Hauzenberg, Pocking +35
    Instance of → District of Bavaria
    Member of → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1530.04'}, {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+52306.51'}, {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+52307.4'} +4
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53411|batch #53411]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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