Alb-Donau-Kreis

Infobox German district
name=Alb-Donau
state=Baden-Württemberg
capital=Ulm
regierungsbezirk=Tübingen
region=Donau-Iller
area=1,357.32
population=189,101
population_as_of=2003
density=139
carsign=UL
url= [http://www.alb-donau-kreis.de alb-donau-kreis.de]

Alb-Donau-Kreis 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

Towns and municipalities

External links

* [http://www.alb-donau-kreis.de Official website] (German)