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{{Infobox German district
|name=Erding
|state=Bavaria
|image_flag=Flagge Landkreis Erding.svg
|image_coa=DEU Landkreis Erding COA.svg
|capital=[[Erding]]
|regierungsbezirk=[[Upper Bavaria]]
|area=870.44
|Kreisschlüssel= 09177
| district_admin    = Martin Bayerstorfer
| admin_party       = CSU
|carsign=ED
|url=[http://www.landkreis-erding.de landkreis-erding.de]
|map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q980}}
}}
'''Erding''' ({{langx|de|Erding}}, {{langx|bar|Arrdeng}}) is a [[Districts of Germany|''Landkreis'' (district)]] in [[Bavaria]], Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of [[Landshut (district)|Landshut]], [[Mühldorf (district)|Mühldorf]], [[Ebersberg (district)|Ebersberg]], [[Munich (district)|Munich]] and [[Freising (district)|Freising]].

==History==
The region is one of the oldest parts of Bavaria. Erding was located on the way between two important centres of power in the [[Wittelsbach]] state, [[Munich]] and [[Landshut]]. About 1230, a castle was built on the river Sempt in order to secure the road. This castle grew to become the town of Erding.

The district of Erding was founded in 1946. Slight modifications took place in the administrative reform of 1971, when some villages from neighbouring districts were awarded to Erding.

==Geography==
The district covers agriculturally used areas northeast of Munich. Several affluents of the [[Isar]] River cross the district from south to north, among them the Sempt. In the northwest there is the '''Erdinger Moos''', which was once a large fen. A substantial part of this swampy area was drained in order to build the [[Munich Airport|new airport]] of Munich, which opened in 1992.

==Coat of arms==
The coat of arms displays:
* the white and blue lozengy pattern of Bavaria
* the horse from the arms of the county of Haag

==Towns and municipalities==
{{Imagemap Germany district ED|Municipalities in ED.svg|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}
{|
! align=left width=33%|Towns
! align=left width=33%|Municipalities
! align=left width=33%|
|- valign=top
||
#[[Dorfen]]
#[[Erding]]
||
#[[Berglern]]
#[[Bockhorn, Bavaria|Bockhorn]]
#[[Buch am Buchrain]]
#[[Eitting]]
#[[Finsing]]
#[[Forstern]]
#[[Fraunberg, Bavaria|Fraunberg]]
#[[Hohenpolding]]
#[[Inning am Holz]]
#[[Isen, Bavaria|Isen]]
#[[Kirchberg, Upper Bavaria|Kirchberg]]
#[[Langenpreising]]
||
<ol start=13>
<li> [[Lengdorf]]
<li> [[Moosinning]]
<li> [[Neuching]]
<li> [[Oberding]]
<li> [[Ottenhofen]]
<li> [[Pastetten]]
<li> [[Sankt Wolfgang]]
<li> [[Steinkirchen]]
<li> [[Taufkirchen (Vils)]]
<li> [[Walpertskirchen]]
<li> [[Wartenberg, Bavaria|Wartenberg]]
<li> [[Wörth, Upper Bavaria|Wörth]]
</ol>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Landkreis Erding}}
* [http://www.landkreis-erding.de Official website] (German)

{{Germany_districts_bavaria}}
{{Cities and towns in Erding (district)}}

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[[Category:Districts of Upper Bavaria]]