Niederschönenfeld ( Swabian: ''Schänefeld'') is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the district of Donau-Ries in

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. It lies on the river

Danube The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest sou ...

Mayors

*1978–1996: Johann Höringer *1996–2002: Manfred Rümmer *2002–2020: Peter Mahl *since 2020: Stefan Roßkopf

Penal institution Niederschönfeld

The prison exists since 1862. It is the biggest employer in Niederschönenfeld. There is room for 261 prisoners. Famous prisoners: * Hans Beimler (1921–1923) *

Erich Mühsam Erich Mühsam (6 April 1878 – 10 July 1934) was a German Antimilitarism, antimilitarist anarchism, anarchist essayist, poet and playwright. He emerged at the end of World War I as one of the leading agitators for a Federalism, federated Bavari ...

(1920–1924) *

Ernst Toller Ernst Toller (1 December 1893 – 22 May 1939) was a German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary, known for his Expressionist plays. He served in 1919 for six days as President of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic, ...

(1920–1924)

References

Donau-Ries Populated places on the Danube {{DonauRies-geo-stub