Krumbach was a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

Swabia Swabia ; , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany. The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of Swabia, one of ...

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, before the regional reorganization in 1972. Krumbach was the

capital Capital and its variations may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** Capital region, a metropolitan region containing the capital ** List of national capitals * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Econom ...

of this

. The licence plate code was KRU. The district had 49

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

. The largest of them were the towns

Krumbach, Bavaria Krumbach (also: ''Krumbach (Schwaben)'') is a town with 13,000 residents in the district Günzburg in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the second biggest town in the district. Geography Krumbach (elevation 512 m (1680 ft)) is situated i ...

and

Thannhausen Thannhausen () is a town in the district of Günzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Mindel, southeast of Günzburg, and west of Augsburg Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, ...

and the municipalities Ziemetshausen,

Neuburg an der Kammel Neuburg is a municipality in the district of Günzburg in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to ...

and Ursberg. It was bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Günzburg,

Augsburg Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ...

, Schwabmünchen, Mindelheim, Illertissen and

Neu-Ulm Neu-Ulm (, ; Swabian: ''Nej-Ulm'') is the seat of the Neu-Ulm district and a town in Swabia, Bavaria. Neighbouring towns include Ulm, Senden, Pfaffenhofen an der Roth, Holzheim, Nersingen and Elchingen. The population is 58,978 (31 Decembe ...

. In 1972 the district was merged with

Günzburg (district) Günzburg is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. Its capital is the town Günzburg. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Dillingen, Augsburg, Unterallgäu and Neu-Ulm, and by the state of Baden-W� ...

and the

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Günzburg Günzburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Genzburg'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is a ''Große Kreisstadt'' and the capital of the Swabian Günzburg (district), district Günzburg. This district was constituted in 1972 by combining the city ...

to Günzburg district in today's borders.

Towns and municipalities of the district in the year 1970

Towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Krumbach

Market Towns A market town is a Human settlement, settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular marketplace, market; this distinguished it from a village or ...

Münsterhausen Münsterhausen is a municipality in the district of Günzburg in Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, lar ...

Niederraunau Niederraunau is a Quarter (country subdivision), quarter of the town Krumbach, Bavaria, Krumbach in Günzburg (district), Swabia (administrative region), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. Geography Niederraunau (Elevation 518 m) is in the valley of the ...

, today: part of the town Krumbach
Ziemetshausen

Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

1. Aichen
2. Aletshausen
3. Attenhausen, today: part of the town Krumbach
4. Balzhausen
5. Bayersried-Ursberg, today the name of the municipality is Ursberg
6. Behlingen, today: part of the municipality Kammeltal
7. Billenhausen, today: part of the town Krumbach
8 Breitenthal
9. Burg, today: part of the town

10. Deisenhausen
11. Ebershausen
12. Edelstetten, today: part of the market town

13. Edenhausen, today: part of the town Krumbach

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Towns and municipalities of the district in the year 1970

See also

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