 ingolstadt (; austro-bavarian ) is a city in the free state of bavaria, in the federal republic of germany. it is located along the banks of the river danube, in the centre of bavaria. , ingolstadt had 125,407 citizens. it is part of the munich metropolitan area, which has a total population of more than 5 million. the illuminati, a bavarian secret society, was founded in ingolstadt in the late 18th century. ingolstadt is a setting in the novel frankenstein by mary shelley, where the scientist victor frankenstein creates his monster. it is the site of the headquarters of the german automobile manufacturer audi, defence aircraft manufacturer cassidian air systems (formerly eads ds), and electronic stores media markt and saturn. ingolstadt central station has been connected to nuremberg by a high-speed rail link since may 2006. ingolstadt also has a second passenger station at ingolstadt nord. ingolstadt is the birthplace of luftwaffe ace josef priller, and was for a long time the home of the notorious dutch war criminal, klaas carel faber, who was responsible for more than 22 murders during the second world war. before his death in 2012, he was the most wanted war criminal world-wide. ==geography== covering an urban area of , ingolstadt is geographically bavaria's fourth-largest city after munich, nuremberg and augsburg. at its largest point the city is about  from east to west and from north to south about
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