Alb-Donau-Kreis is a (district) in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
,
Germany
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. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of
Biberach,
Reutlingen
Reutlingen (; Swabian: ''Reitlenga'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it has a population of 115,818.
Reutlingen has a university of applied sciences, which ...
,
Göppingen and
Heidenheim, the two
Bavaria
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n 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 Jura
The Swabian Jura (german: Schwäbische Alb , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of ...
.
Listing of towns and municipalities in the former Ulm district:
The district of Alb-Donau was established in 1973 by merging the former districts of Ulm and
Ehingen, some municipalities of the Münsingen district and the municipalities of Oberbalzheim and Unterbalzheim of the Biberach district.
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
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and the Swabian Jura 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 Jura 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
Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart.
Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württ ...
and the red and white stripes of the
Austria
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n county of
Burgau (which the southern parts of the district once belonged to).
Towns and municipalities
References
External links
* (German)
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Tübingen (region)
Districts of Baden-Württemberg
Württemberg