Lauingen (

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: ''Lauinga'') is a

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in the district of Dillingen in

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. It is located on the left bank of the

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, 5 km west of Dillingen, and 37 km northeast of Ulm. In June 1800, the armies of the

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, under command of Jean Victor Moreau, fought

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regulars and

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contingents, under the general command of

Pál Kray Baron Paul Kray of Krajova and Topolya (german: Paul Freiherr Kray von Krajova und Topola; hu, Krajovai és Topolyai báró Kray Pál; 5 February 1735 – 19 January 1804), was a soldier, and general in Habsburg service during the Seven ...

. Kray had taken refuge in the fortress at Ulm; Moreau diverted his army to approach Ulm from the east. Kray had ordered preparation for the destruction of all the bridges across the Danube, including the one at Lauingen. A small group of French captured a foothold on the northern bank of the Danube by Grensheim, and Moreau's forces were able to move against the fortress on both sides of the river. At this

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, the culmination of the Danube Campaign of 1800, Moreau forced Kray to abandon Ulm and withdraw into eastern

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s, 1788, to the Restoration of a General Peace, 1815,'' Kuhl, France, 1820, p. 183.

Sons and daughters of the town

* Albertus Magnus (around 1200-1280), Dominican, bishop and important Aristotelian scholar *

Martin Ruland the Younger Martin Ruland the Younger (11 November 1569 – 23 April 1611), also known as Martinus Rulandus or Martin Rulandt, was a German physician and alchemist. He was born in the Bavarian town of Lauingen, the son of the physician and alchemist Martin Ru ...

(1569-1611), physician and alchemist *

Nikolaus Geiger Nikolaus Geiger (6 December 1849 – 27 November 1897) was a German sculptor and painter. Life Born at Lauingen in the Kingdom of Bavaria, he began an apprenticeship as a stonemason. At the age of 16, he went to Munich, to study with Joseph Kn ...

(1849-1897), painter and sculptor *

Heinz Piontek Heinz Piontek (15 November 1925 – 26 October 2003) was a German writer. He was born in Upper Silesia. In 1976, he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung for his literary oeuvre with the words "ei ...

(1925-2003), writer and Büchner Prize winner lived from 1947 to 1955 in Lauingen

International relations

Lauingen is twinned with: * Marzahn-Hellersdorf,

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* Treviglio,

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Sons and daughters of the town

International relations

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