Dillingen an der Donau

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Dillingen an der Donau
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Dillingen an der Donau
Coordinates: 48°34′N10°28′E / 48.567°N 10.467°E / 48.567; 10.467
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Schwaben
District Dillingen
Government
 •  Lord mayor (2020–26) Frank Kunz [1] (CSU)
Area
 • Total75.59 km2 (29.19 sq mi)
Elevation
422 m (1,385 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
 • Total19,814
 • Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
89407
Dialling codes 09071
Vehicle registration DLG
Website www.dillingen-donau.de

Dillingen or Dillingen an der Donau (Dillingen at the Danube) is a town in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative center of the district of Dillingen.

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Besides the town of Dillingen proper, the municipality encompasses the villages of Donaualtheim, Fristingen, Hausen, Kicklingen, Schretzheim and Steinheim.

Schretzheim is notable for its 6th to 7th century Alemannic cemetery, 630 row graves in an area of 100 by 140 metres.

History

The counts of Dillingen ruled from the 10th to the 13th century; in 1258 the territory was turned over to the Prince Bishops of Augsburg. [3] After the Reformation, the prince-bishops of Augsburg moved to the Catholic city of Dillingen and made it one of the centers of the Counter-Reformation.

In 1800, during the War of the Second Coalition, the armies of the French First Republic, under command of Jean Victor Moreau, fought Habsburg regulars and Württemberg contingents, under the general command of Pál Kray. Kray had taken refuge in the fortress at Ulm; Moreau diverted his army to approach Ulm from the east and, after a small group of men captured a foothold on the northern bank of the Danube, his forces were able to move against the fortress on both sides of the river. At this battle, the culmination of the Danube Campaign of 1800, Moreau forced Kray to abandon Ulm and withdraw into eastern Bavaria. [4]

A university was established in 1549, but was closed by Napoleon in 1804. The philosophical and theological faculties still existed in the 20th century. In 1971, however, it became a part of the Bavarian Center for the Education and Training of Teachers and Personnel Management (Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung). One of the largest employers in the city is Bosch and Siemens Household Appliances, producer of household appliances.

The Church of the Jesuit University of Dillingen (Donau) GER Dillingen an der Donau, Studienkirche Maria Himmelfahrt 003.jpg
The Church of the Jesuit University of Dillingen (Donau)

Local council

As of May 2024, the council is composed of the following parties: [5]

PartySeats
CSU8
Alliance 90 / The Greens2
Bürgergemeinschaft Hausen2
Freie Wähler2
Schretzheimer Liste2
Wählergemeinschaft Steinheim2
AfD1
Allgemeine Wählerliste Donaualtheim1
JU1
SPD1
Wählerschaft Fristingen1
Wählervereinigung Kicklingen1

Notable people

Max Joseph Oertel 1890 Max Oertel.jpg
Max Joseph Oertel 1890
Sebastian Kneipp Sebastian Kneipp.jpg
Sebastian Kneipp

See also

Twin towns

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References

  1. ↑ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).
  3. ↑ Lins, Joseph. "Augsburg." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 22 August 2021 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ "Höchstädt", History of the Wars of the French Revolution: Including Sketches of the Civil History of Great Britain and France, from the Revolutionary Movements, 1788, to the Restoration of a General Peace, 1815, Kuhl, France, 1820, p. 183.
  5. ↑ "Mitglieder: Dillingen Donau".
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