After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally reorganised and, in 1808, divided into 15 administrative districts (Regierungsbezirke (singular Regierungsbezirk)), in Bavaria called (Kreise (singular Kreis)). They were created in the fashion of the French departements, quite even in size and population, and named after their main rivers. In the following years, due to territorial changes (e. g. loss of Tyrol, addition of the Palatinate), the number of districts was reduced to 8. One of these was the Isarkreis (Isar District). In 1837 king Ludwig I of Bavaria renamed the Kreise after historical names, and tribes. This also involved border changes or territorial swaps. Thus, the Isarkreis changed to Upper Bavaria.
Instead of a Rentamt-style mere administrational unit, the newly created districts became predecessors of modern regional self-government, building a political and administrational link in-between the Bavarian state as a whole and the local authorities.
Fraueninsel, Chiemsee, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Village street, Garmisch, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Herzogstand, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Hinterbarenbad, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Angerhutte, Hollenthal, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Krankenheil, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Krottenkopfspitz, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Linderhof Castle, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Neuschwanstein, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Oberammergau, general view, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Knorrhutte, Platte, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Scharitzkehl-Alp, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Egern, Tegernsee, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Wildbad Kreuth, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Wolfrathshausen (i.e. Wolfratshausen), Upper Bavaria, Germany
Oberammergau, Upper Bavaria, Germany
