Eichstätt is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany.

It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Donau-Ries, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Roth, Neumarkt, Kelheim and Pfaffenhofen, and by the city of Ingolstadt.

Today the Eichstätt district has powerful economic structures.

The district is located in the southern part of the Frankish Alb.

In the southeast the Danube forms a short part of the border.