Elchingen

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Elchingen


Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Administrative region	Swabia
District	Neu-Ulm
Population	10,057 (January 31, 2005)
Area	24.87 km²
Population density	404 /km²
Elevation	462 m
Coordinates	48°26′ N 10°03′ E
Postal code	89275
Area code	0731, 07308
Licence plate code	NU
Mayor	Anton Lang (SPD)
Website	www.elchingen.de

Elchingen is a municipality about 7 km east of Ulm/Neu-Ulm in the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria, Germany

Municipality parts:

Thalfingen: 4.211 residents 883 ha

Oberelchingen: 3.024 residents 731 ha

Unterelchingen: 2.863 residents 876 ha

1 History
2 Economics
- 2.1 Traffic
3 Literature
4 External links

[edit] History

The Benedictine monastery of Elchingen was founded at the beginning of the 12th century. In 1395 all authentic documents were destroyed in a fire. So the probable consecration date (15th August 1128) cannot be proven.

Elchingen became famous through the "Battle of Elchingen": On 14 October 1805 the Napoleonic troupes under the command of Marshal Michel Ney defeated the Austrians. One day later the siege of Ulm began, after which Karl Mack von Leiberich finally had to capitulate. In 1806 Napoleon conferred the title of Duc d'Elchingen on Marshal Ney and the name of Elchingen was engraved on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

For the region the Napoleonic victory meant the end of the Austrian supremacy which led to a re-organization of the area of Württemberg and Bavaria.

Today's municipality of Elchingen is the result of the area reorganization in Bavaria on 1 May 1978 through the integration of Thalfingen, Oberelchingen and Unterelchingen.

[edit] Economics

[edit] Traffic

Elchingen lies on the Motorway A8, which connects Stuttgart and Munich, and near the motorway intersection, where the Motorway A8 crosses the Motorway A7, and has an own exit.

Elchingen also lies on the train line between Ulm and Aalen, the so-called Brenzbahn.

[edit] Literature

Franz Willbold: Napoleons Feldzug um Ulm. Die Schlacht von Elchingen 1805 ISBN 3-7995-8027-1
Alfred Krauss: 1805 – Der Feldzug von Ulm. Vienna 1912 (Maps from this at napoleon-online.de: Battle near Elchingen und Situation at the evening of the 14th October)