FREISING, a bailiwick of the circle of the Isar, in the kingdom of Bavaria, extending over 143 square miles. It contains one city, one market-town, 164 villages, and 151 hamlets, with 16,840 inhabitants. The chief place is the city of the same name on the river Isar. It is a walled town, containing 534 houses and 3900 inhabitants. It is the seat of an archbishop. There is some trade in making beer, snuff, vinegar, and in refining salt-petre. Long. 12. 0. S. E. Lat. 48. 23. 56. N.