The Lower Danube Circle or Under Danube Circle[1] (German: Unterdonaukreis) was one of the administrative districts (German: Bezirke or Regierungsbezirke) of the Kingdom of Bavaria between 1806 and 1837. It was named after its main river, the Danube and was the predecessor of the administrative district of Lower Bavaria (Regierungsbezirk Niederbayern). Its administrative headquarters were in Passau, but the appellate court was in Straubing.

Quick Facts Unterdonaukreis, Capital ...
Unterdonaukreis
Regierungsbezirk
of the Kingdom of Bavaria
1806–1837
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Districts of Bavaria, including Tyrol, in 1808
CapitalPassau
Area transferred
  1810Innviertel from Austrian Empire
  1816Innviertel to Austrian Empire
History 
 Established
1806
 Disestablished
1837
Succeeded by
Lower Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Upper Palatinate
Upper Austria
Today part of Bavaria
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Independent cities

Subdivisions

The district was divided in the following judicial districts (Landgerichte), according to the original borders of the districts of the former territories (Herrschaftsgerichte):

History

In the years between 1806 and 1808 the Kingdom of Bavaria was divided into 15 'circles'. Their names were taken from their main rivers. The Unterdonaukreis was initially composed of 10 rural divisions and, since 1809, of the independent city of Passau. In 1810, the Unterdonaukreis was enlarged. In another territorial reorganization initiated by King Ludwig I on 29 November 1837, the Unterdonaukreis again enlarged and renamed Lower Bavaria (Niederbayern). District headquarters were moved from Passau to Landshut.

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