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| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Swabia |
| District | Donau-Ries |
| Lord Mayor | Armin Neudert (CSU/"Engagierte Bürger") |
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| Area | 77. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states ( ''Bundesländer'') Swabia ( German: Schwaben) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in southwest Bavaria German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' Donau-Ries ( Danube - Ries) is a district in Bavaria, Germany. The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city with special recognition Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 02 km² (29. 7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 410 m (1345 ft) |
| Population | 18,149 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 236 /km² (610 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | DON |
| Postal code | 86609 |
| Area code | 0906 |
| Website | www.donauwoerth.de |
Donauwörth is a city in the German State of Bavaria (Bayern), in the region of Swabia (Schwaben). The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered __FORCETOC__ Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen abbreviated to PLZ consist of five digits which indicate the wider area (first two digits and the see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers cell phones etc A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Swabia, Suabia, or Svebia ( German: Schwaben, Schwabenland or Ländle) is both a historic and linguistic It is said to have been founded by two fisherman where the Danube (Donau) and Wörnitz rivers meet. The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow run" Slovak and Polish Dunaj The Wörnitz is a River in Bavaria, Germany, a left tributary of the Danube. The city is part of the scenic route called "Romantische Straße" (Romantic Road)
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Geography
The town is situated between Munich and Nuremberg, 46 km in north of Augsburg. For the Romantic Road in Austria see Romantikstraße The Romantic Road ( German: Romantische Straße) is a term coined by travel agents Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Augsburg is an independent City in the south-west of Bavaria.
History
It is historically important to Germany as the site of one of the incidents which led to the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Background In 1555 the Peace of Augsburg was signed which confirmed the result of the First Diet of Speyer (1526 and ended the violence between the Lutherans For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. In 1606, the Lutheran majority barred the Catholic residents of the town from holding a procession, causing a riot to break out. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete".
Donauwörth was again the scene of the Battle of Schellenberg (or Battle of Donauwörth) on 2 July 1704, during the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713). The Battle of Schellenberg, also known as the Battle of Donauwörth, was fought during the War of the Spanish Succession on 2 July 1704 Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714 several European powers combined to stop French succession to the Spanish throne and what would likely have been a resulting Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The battle was named after the village and high ground behind the city. Duke of Marlborough was marching from Flanders to Bavaria and came to the Danube river. Flanders (Vlaanderen Flandre Flandern is a geographical region located in parts of present day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 The French decided to make a crossing of the Danube at Donauwörth, where they were surprised by Marlborough's troops and after heavy fighting pulled back. This allowed Marlborough to capture Donauwörth and cross the Danube without problems. About 5,000 French troops were drowned trying to escape.
Notable citizens
- 1291 Margareta Ebner, German mystic
- 1499 Sebastian Franck, was a 16th century German freethinker, humanist, and radical reformer
- 1838 Franz Hartmann
- 1901 Werner Egk, Composer
- 1942 Werner Schnitzer, Actor
- 1948 Manfred G. Schmidt
- 1980 Carolin Hingst
- 1980 Sercan Güvenışık
See also
External links
Media related to Donauwörth from the Wikimedia Commons. Margaretha Ebner ( 1291 - 20 July, 1351) was a German mystic and visionary German mysticism, sometimes called Dominican mysticism or Rhineland mysticism, was a late medieval Christian mystical movement that was especially Sebastian Franck ( January 20 1499 – c 1543 was a 16th century German freethinker humanist, and radical reformer Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Humanism is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appealing to universal Franz Hartmann (1838 - 1912 was a German physician theosophist Occultist, Geomancer, Astrologer, and author of esoteric works Werner Egk ( May 17, 1901 &ndash July 10, 1983) originally Werner Mayer, was a German Composer. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Werner Schnitzer (b January 9, 1942 in Donauwörth, Germany) is a German Television Actor. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Manfred G Schmidt (born 25 July 1948 in Donauwörth, Germany) is Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Economic and Social Carolin Tamara Hingst (born 18 September 1980 in Donauwörth) is a German Pole vaulter She finished tenth at the 2001 World Sercan Güvenışık (born March 1, 1980 in Donauwörth, West Germany) is a Turkish football player The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow run" Slovak and Polish Dunaj - Official website
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