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Freising is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the Freising district, with a total population of 45,227.LocationThe city is located north of Munich at the Isar river, near the Munich International Airport. Anyone taking off or landing at Munich airport can see the city to the north with its two hills, the cathedral hill with the bishop's castle and the Freising cathedral and Weihenstephan Hill with the oldest working brewery in the world. It's also the first recorded place of a European tornado.Cultural significanceFreising is one of the oldest settlements in Bavaria, gaining importance by becoming a major religious centre in the early Middle Ages. It was and still is the centre of an important diocese. Some important historical documents were created between 900 and 1200 in its monastery: Freising manuscripts written in Slovenian, being the first Roman-script continuous text in a Slavic language Chronicle or history of the two cities by Otto of Freising The above and other scripts from that time can be found in the "Bayerische Staatsbibliothek" (Bavarian State Library) in Munich today.