Ingolstadt

Map of Germany showing Ingolstadt

Ingolstadt is located along the banks of the Danube River in the Federal State of Bavaria, Germany. As of July 31, 2001 it had 119,293 residents registered, making it the sixth largest city in Bavaria.

The headquarters of the German automobile manufacturer Audi are located in Ingolstadt.

See also: University of Ingolstadt

Coat of Arms of Ingolstadt

History & Culture

The bavarian fortress (1537-1930) nowadays holds the museum of the bavarian army. A sapper's drill ground is still crossing the river, two military air bases are nearby, one used for testing airplanes Manching. The long military tradition of the city reflects in todays civil and cultural live. Former "off limit" grounds are now well used public parks, the famous writer Marie-Luise Fleißer wrote "Pioniere in Ingolstadt" in 1928.

Ingolstadt was the City where the Wilhelm IV von Bayern wrote and signed the bavarian Reinheitsgebot in 1516, the eldest food law still in use. Adolf Scherzer composed the Bayerischen Defiliermarsch, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is related to the Ingolstädter alte Anatomie, now museum for medical history.

Sister cities

• Kirkcaldy, Scotland
• Grasse, France
• Carrara, Italy
• Murska Sobota, Slovenia
• Kragujevac, Serbia
• Manisa, Turkey
• Opole, Poland
• Moskau Zentralbezirk, Moscow, Russia

External Links

• Ingolstadt Homepage
• University
• University / Fachhochschule
• Museum of the Baverian Army
• Audi

External links in german language

• History of the city by Kurt Scheurer
• Live of Marie-Luise Fleißer
• Pioniere in Ingolstadt by M.-L. Fleißer

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