Manching is a

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in the district of Pfaffenhofen, in

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. It is situated on the river

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, 7 km southeast of

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. In the late

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, there was a Celtic settlement, the

Oppidum of Manching The Oppidum of Manching (german: Oppidum von Manching) was a large Celtic proto-urban or city-like settlement at modern-day Manching, near Ingolstadt, in Bavaria, Germany. The Iron Age town (or oppidum) was founded in the 3rd century BC and exis ...

, on the location of present-day Manching.

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(former Military Air Systems business unit of EADS) has its flight test center here at

Manching Airport Ingolstadt Manching Airfield, or ''Fliegerhorst Ingolstadt/Manching'' in German , is a military airbase with civil usage located in Manching near Ingolstadt, Germany. Usage The airfield is home to the Bundeswehr Technical and Airworthiness Cente ...

. The

Barthelmarkt The Barthelmarkt is an annual Volksfest (beer festival and travelling funfair) in Manching, near Ingolstadt, Germany. It is held on the last weekend of August and lasts four days. Every year, about 250,000 people visit it. Though first mentioned ...

, a well-known

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in the area, takes place in the district of Oberstimm on the last weekend of August every year.

References

Pfaffenhofen (district) {{Pfaffenhofendistrict-geo-stub