Editing Dachau, Bavaria (section)

==Geography==

===Geographical location===
Dachau is {{convert|20|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of [[Munich]]. It is 483 meters [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]] by the river [[Amper]], with a boundary demarcated by lateral [[moraine]]s formed during the last [[Wisconsin glaciation|ice age]] and the Amper [[glacial valley]]. It is also close to a large marshy area called Dachauer Moos. Highest elevation of the district is the so-called "Schlossberg", the lowest point is near the neighborhood of Prittlbach, at the border to the next community of [[Hebertshausen]]. The bordering communities are [[Bergkirchen]] to the west, [[Schwabhausen]] to the northwest, [[Röhrmoos]] to the north, Hebertshausen to the northeast, and [[Karlsfeld]] to the south. To the east the greater district Dachau borders on the greater district of Munich with the community of [[Oberschleißheim]].