Ulm

Coordinates: 48°24′N 09°59′E / 48.400°N 9.983°E / 48.400; 9.983
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Ulm
Town
Ulm skyline
Ulm Minster
Wiblingen Abbey
old town
Fortress of Ulm
Flag of Ulm
Flag
Coat of arms of Ulm
Coat of arms
Location of Ulm
Map
Stadtteile
Government
 • Lord mayor (2024–32) Martin Ansbacher[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total118.69 km2 (45.83 sq mi)
Elevation
478 m (1,568 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total128,928
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
89073–89081
Dialling codes0731, 07304,
07305, 07346
Vehicle registrationUL
Websitewww.ulm.de

Ulm (German pronunciation:

Alb-Donau district and the 11th largest of all cities on the Danube river
.

Founded around 850, Ulm is rich in history and traditions as a former free imperial city (German: freie Reichsstadt). The neighbouring town of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria was part of Ulm until 1810.

Today, Ulm is an economic centre due to its varied industries, and it is the seat of the University of Ulm. Internationally, the city is primarily known for having the church with the tallest steeple in the world (161.53 m or 529.95 ft), the Gothic minster (Ulm Minster, German: Ulmer Münster), and as the birthplace of Albert Einstein.

Geography

View from Ulm Minster towards Hirschstraße

Ulm lies at the point where the rivers

above sea level. Most parts of the city, including the old town, are situated on the northern bank of the Danube; only the districts of Wiblingen, Gögglingen, Donaustetten and Unterweiler lie on the southern bank. Across from the old town, on the other side of the river, lies the twin city of Neu-Ulm in the state of Bavaria
, smaller than Ulm and, until 1810, a part of it (population c. 50,000).

Except for the Danube in the south, the city is surrounded by forests and hills which rise to altitudes of over 620 metres (2,034.12 feet), some of them part of the

Swabian Alb. South of the Danube, plains and hills finally end in the northern edge of the Alps
, which are approximately 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Ulm and are visible from the city on clear days.

The city of Ulm is situated in the northern part of the North Alpine

Swabian Alb. The Turritellenplatte of Ermingen ("Erminger Turritellenplatte") is a famous palaeontological site of Burdigalian
age.

Neighboring communes

Ulm in the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle

On the right (south-eastern) side of Danube and Iller there is the Bavarian district town Neu-Ulm. On the left (north-western) side Ulm is almost completely surrounded by the Alb-Danube district. The neighbouring communes of Baden-Württemberg are the following: Illerkirchberg, Staig, Hüttisheim, Erbach (Donau), Blaubeuren, Blaustein, Dornstadt, Beimerstetten and Langenau as well as the eastern neighbouring community Elchingen.

Town subdivisions

The city is divided into 18 districts (German: Stadtteile): Ulm-Mitte, Böfingen, Donaustetten, Donautal, Eggingen, Einsingen, Ermingen, Eselsberg, Gögglingen, Grimmelfingen, Jungingen, Lehr, Mähringen, Oststadt, Söflingen (with Harthausen), Unterweiler, Weststadt, and Wiblingen.

Nine districts were integrated during the latest municipality reform in the 1970s: Eggingen, Einsingen, Ermingen, Gögglingen-Donaustetten, Jungingen, Lehr, Mähringen und Unterweiler. They have their own local councils which acquire an important consulting position to the whole city council concerning issues that are related to the prevailing districts. But at the end, final decisions can only be made by the city council of the entire city of Ulm.

History

See also: Free Imperial City of Ulm
Ulm in 1572 by Frans Hogenberg

The oldest traceable settlement of the Ulm area began in the early

Friedrich Barbarossa
in 1181.

At first, Ulm's significance was due to the privilege of a

Reformation, Ulm became Protestant (1530). With the establishment of new trade routes following the discovery of the New World (16th century) and the outbreak and consequences of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), the city began to decline gradually. During the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714), it was alternately invaded several times by French and Bavarian
soldiers.

The capitulation of Ulm. General Mack and 23,000 Austrian troops surrendered to Napoleon.

In the wars following the

General Mack and forced it to surrender in the Battle of Ulm. In 1810, Ulm was incorporated into the Kingdom of Württemberg and lost its districts on the other bank of the Danube, which came to be known as Neu-Ulm
(New Ulm).

In the mid-19th century, the city was designated a fortress of the German Confederation with huge military construction works directed primarily against the threat of a French invasion. The city became an important centre of industrialisation in southern Germany in the second half of the 19th century, its built-up area now being extended beyond the medieval walls. The construction of the huge minster, which had been interrupted in the 16th century for economic reasons, was resumed and eventually finished (1844–1891) in a wave of German national enthusiasm for the Middle Ages.

From 1933 to 1935, a

Theresienstadt on 22 August 1942), only four returned.[4]
Approximately 25 Jews were living in Ulm in 1968.

lorry factories of Magirus-Deutz and Kässbohrer, as well as other industries, barracks, and depots in Ulm. The Gallwitz Barracks and several military hospitals were among 14 Wehrmacht establishments destroyed.[5] The raid killed 707 Ulm inhabitants and left 25,000 homeless and after all the bombings, over 80% of the medieval city centre lay in ruins. The Magirus factory hosted a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp.[6]

Some parts of the city were rebuilt in the plain and simple style of the 1950s and 1960s, but most parts of the historic old town have been restored.

Daimler, Siemens and Nokia and a number of small applied research institutes near the university campus. The city today is still growing, forming a twin city of 170,000 inhabitants together with its neighbouring Bavarian city of Neu-Ulm, and seems to benefit from its central position between the cities of Stuttgart and Munich
and thus between the cultural and economic hubs of southern Germany.

Panorama of Ulm
Significant minority groups
Nationality Population (2018)
 Turkey 4,782
 Italy 2,009
 Croatia 1,557
 Bosnia & Herzegovina 1,532
 Romania 1,319
 Kosovo 959
 Syria 823
 Serbia 783
 Hungary 740
 Iraq 678
 Poland 626

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
13004,000—    
14009,000+125.0%
155019,000+111.1%
175015,000−21.1%
181813,000−13.3%
187126,290+102.2%
190042,982+63.5%
191056,109+30.5%
191956,020−0.2%
192557,278+2.2%
193362,472+9.1%
193975,503+20.9%
194658,087−23.1%
195071,132+22.5%
195690,530+27.3%
196192,705+2.4%
197092,943+0.3%
1987103,494+11.4%
2011117,541+13.6%
2017125,596+6.9%
2018125,805+0.2%
2019126,329+0.4%
Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions. source:[8]

Climate

Ulm has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).

Climate data for Ulm (Mähringen [de], 1991–2020 normals, extremes 2014–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15.4
(59.7) 		18.0
(64.4) 		22.0
(71.6) 		25.4
(77.7) 		29.6
(85.3) 		33.7
(92.7) 		35.4
(95.7) 		35.3
(95.5) 		29.4
(84.9) 		24.9
(76.8) 		19.6
(67.3) 		14.6
(58.3) 		35.4
(95.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1.9
(35.4) 		3.8
(38.8) 		8.9
(48.0) 		13.7
(56.7) 		18.2
(64.8) 		21.4
(70.5) 		23.3
(73.9) 		23.2
(73.8) 		18.2
(64.8) 		12.5
(54.5) 		6.1
(43.0) 		2.3
(36.1) 		12.7
(54.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) −0.6
(30.9) 		0.3
(32.5) 		4.5
(40.1) 		8.8
(47.8) 		13.2
(55.8) 		16.4
(61.5) 		18.2
(64.8) 		17.9
(64.2) 		13.5
(56.3) 		8.6
(47.5) 		3.4
(38.1) 		0.0
(32.0) 		8.6
(47.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −3.0
(26.6) 		−2.8
(27.0) 		0.6
(33.1) 		4.1
(39.4) 		8.2
(46.8) 		11.4
(52.5) 		13.2
(55.8) 		12.9
(55.2) 		9.2
(48.6) 		5.3
(41.5) 		1.0
(33.8) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		4.8
(40.6)
Record low °C (°F) −20.1
(−4.2) 		−16.7
(1.9) 		−12.5
(9.5) 		−8.2
(17.2) 		−2.8
(27.0) 		2.9
(37.2) 		4.6
(40.3) 		5.2
(41.4) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		−9.4
(15.1) 		−18.2
(−0.8) 		−20.1
(−4.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 42.9
(1.69) 		35.3
(1.39) 		47.5
(1.87) 		45.5
(1.79) 		81.2
(3.20) 		82.7
(3.26) 		88.6
(3.49) 		85.1
(3.35) 		58.2
(2.29) 		57.5
(2.26) 		50.9
(2.00) 		57.6
(2.27) 		731.5
(28.80)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 15.3 14.1 15.0 13.8 15.8 15.4 15.8 14.4 13.7 16.2 15.8 17.9 182.9
Average
relative humidity
(%) 		89.7 84.4 76.3 70.0 71.3 71.8 71.9 72.9 79.5 87.1 91.0 91.2 79.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours 54.7 84.0 134.5 175.9 209.1 221.1 233.9 218.6 151.2 94.1 47.4 43.5 1,652.8
Source 1: World Meteorological Organization[9]
Source 2: DWD (extremes)[10]

Economy

Saint George's Catholic church, Ulm

The city has very old trading traditions dating from medieval times and a long history of industrialisation, beginning with the establishment of a railway station in 1850. The most important sector is still classical industry (machinery, especially motor vehicles;

pharmaceuticals). The establishment of the University of Ulm in 1967, which focuses on biomedicine, the sciences, and engineering, helped support a transition to high-tech industry, especially after the crisis of classical industries in the 1980s. [citation needed
]

Companies with headquarters in Ulm include:

Companies with important sites in Ulm include:

Ecology

In 2007 the City of Ulm was awarded the European Energy Award for its remarkable local energy management and its efforts to

data-centre will be constructed in the west-city of Ulm.[16] There is a solar-powered ferry that crosses the Danube 7 days a week in summer.[17] The "Bündnis 100% Erneuerbare Energien" was founded in February 2010 with the aim of bringing together the people and organisations seeking to promote the transition to 100% renewable energy in Ulm and Neu-Ulm by 2030.[18]

Transportation

Tram in Ulm

Ulm is situated at the crossroads of the A8 motorway (connecting the principal cities of southern Germany, Stuttgart and Munich), and the A7 motorway (one of the motorways running from northern to southern Europe).

The city's railway station is served, among other lines, by one of the European train routes (Paris – Strasbourg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Munich – Vienna – Budapest). Direct connections to Berlin are also available.

Ulm's public transport system is based on several bus lines and two tram lines. Several streets in the old town are for the use of pedestrians and cyclists only. Ulm was the first area to be served by the

Car2Go carsharing
service in 2008. However, the service in Ulm was discontinued at the end of 2014.

Education and culture

The Ulm Public Library

The University of Ulm was founded in 1967 and focuses on the sciences, medicine, engineering, and mathematics / economics. With about 10,000 students, it is one of the smaller universities in Germany.[19]

Ulm is also the seat of the city's University of Applied Sciences (German: Fachhochschule), founded in 1960 as a public school of engineering. The school also houses numerous students from around the world as part of an international study abroad programme.[citation needed]

In 1953, Inge Aicher-Scholl, Otl Aicher and Max Bill founded the Ulm School of Design (German: Hochschule für Gestaltung – HfG Ulm), a design school in the tradition of the Bauhaus, which was, however, closed in 1968.[20]

Ulm's public library features over 480,000 print media. The city has a public theatre with drama, opera and ballet,[21] several small theatres,[22] and a professional philharmonic orchestra.[23]

Sport

SSV Ulm 1846
.
Club Founded League Sport Venue Capacity
SSV Ulm 1846 1846 3. Liga Football Donaustadion 19,500
Ratiopharm Ulm 2001 Basketball Bundesliga Basketball Ratiopharm arena 6,000

Sights

Ulm Marktplatz (market square) with town hall (right) and public library (center)
Town hall
Ulm: View through Rabengasse towards the minster
Sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle (The poet and his muse) in front of Ulm University
Museum Ulm, home of the Lion-man, oldest sculpture in the world


Historic

  • Schmerzensmann (Man of Sorrows
    ) by Hans Multscher (1429).
  • The old Fischerviertel (fishermen's quarter) on the River Blau, with half-timbered houses, cobblestone streets, and picturesque footbridges. Interesting sights here are the Schiefes Haus Ulm [de] (crooked house), a 16th-century house today used as a hotel, and the Alte Münz (Old Mint), a mediaeval building extended in the 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style.
  • The remaining section of the city walls, along the river, with the 14th-century Metzgerturm (butchers' tower) (36 m (118.11 ft) high).
  • The
    Town Hall
    ), built in 1370, featuring some brilliantly coloured murals dating from the mid-16th century. On the gable is an astronomical clock dating from 1520. Restored after serious damage in 1944.
  • The Krone inn, a medieval complex of several houses (15th / 16th century, extensions from the 19th century), where German kings and emperors were accommodated during their travels.
  • Several large buildings from the late Middle Ages / renaissance used for various purposes (especially storage of food and weapons), e.g. Schwörhaus, Kornhaus, Salzstadel, Büchsenstadel, Zeughaus, Neuer Bau.
  • Ulm Federal Fortifications are the largest preserved fortifications and were built from 1842 to 1859 to protect from attacks by France.
  • The historic district Auf dem Kreuz, a residential area with many buildings from before 1700.
  • Wiblingen Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey in the suburb of Wiblingen in the south of Ulm. The church shows characteristics of late baroque and early classicism. Its library is a masterpiece of rococo.[24]

Contemporary

  • Building of the Ulm School of Design (German: Hochschule für Gestaltung – HfG Ulm), an important school of design (1953–1968) in the succession of the Bauhaus.
  • Stadthaus, a house for public events built by Richard Meier, directly adjacent to the minster.
  • Stadtbibliothek, the building of the public library of Ulm was erected by Gottfried Böhm in the form of a glass pyramid and is situated directly adjacent to the town hall.
  • Kunsthalle Weishaupt is the highlight in Ulm's New Centre.

Museums

  • The Kunsthalle Weishaupt, whose private collection shows modern art from 1945.
  • Löwenmensch figurine
    – a 40,000-year-old lion-headed figurine which is the oldest known human/animal shaped sculpture in the world – and various European and American art from the years after 1945. The museum has alternating exhibitions.
  • The Museum of Bread Culture [de] offers a permanent exhibition about the history of grain, baking, milling and bread culture.[25]
  • The exhibitions in the Danube Swabian Museum [de] follow the varied history of the Danube Swabians (Donauschwaben) emigrants.[26]

Memorials

  • Albert Einstein Memorial – A small memorial at the site of the house where Albert Einstein was born in Bahnhofstraße, between the present-day newspaper offices and the bank. The house itself and the whole district were destroyed in the firebombing of 1944.
  • Memorial to
    Weiße Rose
    (White Rose, a resistance group opposed to the Nazi regime), who spent their youth in Ulm. Their family's house near the memorial was destroyed in the firebombing of 1944.
  • The Memorial to Deserters – Located near the university's botanical garden, it commemorates those who deserted from the Wehrmacht during World War II. It was originally erected on 9 September 1989, and was moved to its current location in July 2005. The Monument represents the idea: "Desertion is not reprehensible, war is".

Other landmarks

Notable people

Born in Ulm

  • Ernst Bauer (1917–1991), resistance fighter and publisher.
  • Hellmuth Laegeler (1902–1972), major general in the Wehrmacht.
  • Helmut Ensslin (1909–1984), Protestant parson and father of RAF-member Gudrun Ensslin.
Albert Einstein in 1893, aged 14

Otherwise associated with Ulm

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Ulm is a member city of the

Eurotowns network.[32]

Ulm is officially not

twinned
. But there are relations with:

References

Notes

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  10. ^ "Extremwertanalyse der DWD-Stationen, Tagesmaxima, Dekadenrekorde, usw" (in German). DWD. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Homepage – BMW Car IT".
  12. ^ "Homepage – Nokia Networks in Germany".
  13. ^ Stadt Ulm. "Stadt Ulm – Ulm erhält 'European Energy Award'". Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  14. ^ Lars Schulz (27 March 2010). "Solarbundesliga". Solarbundesliga.de. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  15. ^ SWU Fakten, Stadtwerke Ulm, visited 15. Mai 2008.
  16. ^ "Press release at Gruene-IT.de".
  17. ^ "Solarstiftung Ulm/Neu-Ulm – Home". Solarboot-ulm.de. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  18. ^ Roland Fuchs. "Home – Bündnis 100% Erneuerbare Energien". 100ee.de. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  19. ^ "The University of Ulm". Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  20. ^ "HfGArchiv Ulm – History". HfG-Archiv Ulm. 2003. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  21. ^ "Theatre Ulm". Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  22. ^ "Theatres & Stages". Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  23. ^ "Theater Ulm – Konzerte" (in German). Archived from the original on 26 January 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  24. ^ "Page with photos of Wiblingen Abbey's Baroque library". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  25. ^ "Museum der Brotkultur in Ulm - - english content". Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  26. ^ "Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum Ulm – ENG". www.dzm-museum.de. Archived from the original on 17 October 2003. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  27. ^ Pollard, Albert Frederick (1911). "Emser, Jerome" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). p. 362.
  28. ^ "Freinsheim, Johann" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 95.
  29. ^ Wallace, William (1911). "Descartes, René" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). pp. 79–90.
  30. ^ Terence McKenna ~ Science Was Founded by an Angel. 2 January 2010. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021 – via YouTube.
  31. ^ "Hutter, Leonhard" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 15.
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  34. ^ a b "Ulm – International Contacts (in German)". City of Ulm. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.

Bibliography

  • Johannes Baier: Über die Tertiärbildungen im Ulmer Raum. In: Documenta Naturae. 168; München, 2008.
    ISBN 978-3-86544-168-3
    .

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