Mertingen is a
municipality in the district of
Donau-Ries in
Bavaria in
Germany.
The important Roman road, the
Via Claudia Augusta was built in this area near the location of "Burghoefe" during the 1st century AD, linking Italy with the
Danube river. It had its northern end around Mertingen, it then branched into a Roman military road following the Danube river from its origin in the West to
Regensburg
Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...
in the East.
The
Zott dairy company has its headquarters and factory in the town.
References
Donau-Ries
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