'Alb-Donau' is a district in
Baden-Württemberg,
Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of
Biberach,
Reutlingen,
Göppingen and
Heidenheim, the two
Bavarian 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 Alb.
The district of Alb-Donau was established in
1973 by merging the former districts of Ulm and
Ehingen.
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 (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
| The 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
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