Alb-Donau-Kreis

Alb-Donau
District

Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Tübingen
Capital	Ulm
Area
• Total	1,357.32 km² (524.06 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)^[1]
• Total	187,892
• Density	140/km² (360/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	UL
Website	alb-donau-kreis.de

Alb-Donau-Kreis is a district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Biberach, Reutlingen, Göppingen and Heidenheim, the two Bavarian districts Günzburg and Neu-Ulm, and the city of Ulm.

History

The history of the region is linked with the history of Ulm and the Swabian Alb.

The district of Alb-Donau was established in 1973 by merging the former districts of Ulm and Ehingen.

Geography

The city of Ulm is surrounded by the district. It is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district, although it is not part of the district.

The district is named after the Danube River (German Donau) and the Swabian Alb (Schwäbische Alb) mountains. The Danube enters the district in the southwest, runs through the southern parts of the district and leaves eastwards to Ulm. North of the Danube banks the hills of the Swabian Alb rise. The hill chain extends from southwest to northeast parallel to the course of the Danube River and is continued on either side of the district. An affluent of the Danube, the Iller River, forms the southeastern border of the Alb-Donau district, before it meets the Danube in Ulm.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is identical to the coat of arms of the former district of Ulm. The eagle was the heraldic animal of the Free Imperial City of Ulm. The shield displays the deer antlers of Württemberg and the red and white stripes of the Austrian county of Burgau (which the southern parts of the district once belonged to).

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Blaubeuren Dietenheim Ehingen Erbach Laichingen Langenau Munderkingen Schelklingen	Allmendingen Altheim Altheim (Alb) Amstetten Asselfingen Ballendorf Balzheim Beimerstetten Berghülen Bernstadt Blaustein Börslingen Breitingen Dornstadt Emeringen Emerkingen Griesingen Grundsheim Hausen am Bussen Heroldstatt Holzkirch Hüttisheim Illerkirchberg Illerrieden Lauterach Lonsee Merklingen Neenstetten Nellingen Nerenstetten Oberdischingen Obermarchtal Oberstadion Öllingen Öpfingen Rammingen Rechtenstein Rottenacker Schnürpflingen Setzingen Staig Untermarchtal Unterstadion Unterwachingen Weidenstetten Westerheim Westerstetten

References

↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.

External links

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Official website (German)

Regions, and urban and rural districts in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany

Regions	Freiburg Karlsruhe Stuttgart Tübingen

Urban districts	Baden-Baden Freiburg Heidelberg Heilbronn Karlsruhe Mannheim Pforzheim Stuttgart Ulm

Rural districts	Alb-Donau Biberach Bodensee Böblingen Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Calw Emmendingen Enz Esslingen Freudenstadt Göppingen Heidenheim Heilbronn Hohenlohe Karlsruhe Konstanz Lörrach Ludwigsburg Main-Tauber Neckar-Odenwald Ortenau Ostalbkreis Rastatt Ravensburg Rems-Murr Reutlingen Rhein-Neckar Rottweil Schwarzwald-Baar Schwäbisch Hall Sigmaringen Tübingen Tuttlingen Waldshut Zollernalb

Coordinates: 48°24′N 9°51′E / 48.4°N 9.85°E / 48.4; 9.85

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 132724496 GND: 4001032-6

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