The Lallinger Winkel is a

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, 162 km² in area, named after the village of

Lalling Lalling is a municipality in the Lower Bavarian district of Deggendorf in Germany. It is a nationally recognized resort town. Geography Lalling is located along the Danube in the south of the Bavarian Forest, specifically in what is called the ...

, in the county of

Deggendorf Deggendorf (; ) is a town in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the Deggendorf district. It is located on the left bank approximately in the middle between the Danube cities of Regensburg and Passau. The Danube forms the town's natural border towards ...

in the

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, Germany. The region opens into the

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plain to the southeast but is delimited to the northwest, north and east by the mountain ridges of the Danube Hills which keep at bay the cold winds and rain. Apart from Lalling, the Lallinger Winkel also extends into the municipalities of Schaufling and

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. In the south near

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the Lallinger Winkel is adjoined by the Hengersberg-Schwanenkirchen Tertiary Bay. From a geological view, the region is a section of the southern

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. Its rocks include various

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es and

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s. The region around Lalling was developed as early as the foundation phase of

Niederaltaich Abbey Niederaltaich Abbey (Abtei or Kloster Niederaltaich) is a house of the Benedictine Order founded in 741, situated in the village of Niederalteich on the Danube in Bavaria. Foundation and early history After its foundation in 741 by Duke Odilo, D ...

in the 8th century. During the 150-year initial period of clearances, many villages were built in the Lallinger Winkel. The abbey used the favourable climatic conditions for

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s and encouraged the settlers to grow apples, pears and peaches. From 1861 to 1904 Lalling was the centre of a district fruit nursery. Even today the Lallinger Winkel is characterised by orchards and is called the 'fruit basket of the Bavarian Forest' (''Obstschüssel des Bayerischen Waldes''). Many small villages grow the traditional scattered orchards (''Streuobstwiesen''). The initiative Scattered Orchards Beyond the Year 2000 (''Streuobstanbau über das Jahr 2000'') led to new plantings of thousands of

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fruit trees and the establishment of the freely accessible scattered orchard experience garden in Panholling, Hunding. Especially when the trees are in bloom or at harvest time, the orchards in the Lallinger Winkel are important for tourism. Also well known are the Lallingen snowdrop meadows (''Lallinger Schneeglöckerlwiese'') and spring snowflakes.

External links

Official website
on the official Bavarian map 1:500.000 Bavarian Forest Deggendorf (district) Valleys of Bavaria Regions of Bavaria ! Lallinger Winkel {{coord, 48.840000, 13.120000, region:DE-BY_type:landmark, display=title