Recent election results mark it as the most conservative part of Germany,[3] generally giving huge margins to the CSU.

To the scenic attractions belong the River Danube including the Donaudurchbruch at Weltenburg and the Bavarian Forest with Mount Großer Arber.

The Duchy of Lower Bavaria was created for the first time with the First Bavarian partition in 1255 under duke Henry but there was no exact identity with the current territory.

For administrative purposes, Bavaria was split into Rentämter (plural of Rentamt [bar; de; es]).

In the following years, due to territorial changes (e. g. loss of Tyrol [to Italy and Austria], addition of the Palatinate), the number of districts was reduced to 8.