Donau-Ries
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Donau-Ries | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Adm. region | Swabia |
| Capital | Donauwörth |
| Government | |
| • District admin. | Stefan Rößle (CSU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,275 km2 (492 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 137,971 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DON, NÖ |
| Website | www |
Donau-Ries (Danube-Ries) is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Ansbach, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Eichstätt, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Aichach-Friedberg, Augsburg and Dillingen, and by the state of Baden-Württemberg (districts of Heidenheim and Ostalbkreis).
History
From
Neanderthals
and their successors.
The Ries was always densely populated. From 450 to 15 BC
Limes
(which was some km north of the present district).
The Romans were driven away about 250 AD by the
witchhunts in both parts. In the Thirty Years' War the Ries was almost completely devastated and depopulated. Two major battles of that war took place in the region: the Battle of Nördlingen (1634) and the Battle of Nördlingen (1645)
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After the war, the Counts of the mini-states (in the meantime a third county called
Oettingen-Spielberg had been founded) recruited settlers from Austria to repopulate the land. The hostilities between the counties were revived. There was fighting in the War of the Spanish Succession
, with two major battles taking place in the Ries. All this came to an end, when the last Protestant ruler of Oettingen-Oettingen died without a successor. The remaining states of Oettingen-Wallerstein and Oettingen-Spielberg annexed his lands and turned them into a Catholic region.
In 1806
Napoleon dissolved both Oettingen states and awarded them to Bavaria. In the Congress of Vienna
the affiliation of the region with Bavaria was confirmed, and the sovereignty of the Ries ended.
The present district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Nördlingen and Donauwörth.
Geography
In the south, the
Frankish Alb in the east. Further north there is the Nördlinger Ries, a huge depression, which is in fact an ancient impact crater, caused by a meteorite
some 14.8 million years ago.
Politics
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Coat of arms
The coat of arms displays:
- The eagle of the Holy Roman Empire symbolising the Free Imperial Cities of Donauwörth and Nördlingen
- The yellow cross on red background was part of the arms of all Oettingen counties
- The blue and white checkered pattern of Bavaria
Towns and municipalities
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References
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Donau-Ries.
- Official website (German)
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