Alb-Donau-Kreis

Alb-Donau (Alemannic German: Alb-Donau-Krois) is a rural district or county (Landkreis) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

 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 joining the former districts of Ulm and Ehingen.

 Geography 

The city of Ulm is surrounded by the district. The government of the county is in Ulm, even though Ulm is not a part of the districztIt 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 
Coat of armsThe coat of arms is identical with the 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 
TownsMunicipalities 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<li>Griesingen
<li>Grundsheim
<li>Hausen am Bussen
<li>Heroldstatt
<li>Holzkirch
<li>Hüttisheim
<li>Illerkirchberg
<li>Illerrieden
<li> Lauterach
<li> Lonsee
<li> Merklingen
<li> Neenstetten
<li> Nellingen
<li> Nerenstetten
<li> Oberdischingen
<li> Obermarchtal<li> Oberstadion
<li> Öllingen
<li> Öpfingen
<li> Rammingen
<li> Rechtenstein
<li> Rottenacker
<li> Schnürpflingen
<li> Setzingen
<li> Staig
<li> Untermarchtal
<li> Unterstadion
<li> Unterwachingen
<li> Weidenstetten
<li> Westerheim
<li> Westerstetten

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official website  (German)


Category:1973 establishments in Europe
Category:1970s establishments in Germany