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Merklingen Kirche
Merklingen is a municipality in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geographical location Merklingen is located on the plateau of the Swabian Jura, about 20 kilometers northwest of Ulm, between Geislingen and Blaubeuren. Expansion of the municipality The district is approximately 21.31 square kilometers. Neighboring communities The neighboring communities of Merklingen are (clockwise from north): Nellingen, Dornstadt, Laichingen (all Alb-Donau-Kreis), Hohenstadt, Drackenstein, Bad Ditzenbach (all Göppingen district). Municipality arrangement Merklingen, consisting of the main town and the hamlet Widderstall, remained an independent municipality with its own administration. Air The climate is: dry summers, fog in autumn, cold winters. History In 861, we find the first mention of Merklingen as Marchelingen in a document of the monastery of Wiesensteig. Since 1482 the place belonged to the territory of the Free imperial city of Ulm. Merklingen came in 1810 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alb-Donau (district)
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 Jura. Listing of towns and municipalities in the former Ulm district: The district of Alb-Donau was established in 1973 by merging the former districts of Ulm and Ehingen, some municipalities of the Münsingen district and the municipalities of Oberbalzheim and Unterbalzheim of the Biberach district. 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 and the Swabian Jura mountains. The Danube enters the district in the southwest, runs through the southern parts of the district and leaves eastwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
