Amerdingen

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Amerdingen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Amerdingen
Amerdingen (Germany)
Amerdingen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Swabia
District Donau-Ries
Mayor Hermann Schmidt
Basic statistics
Area 19.10 km² (7.4 sq mi)
Elevation 502-561 m
Population 868  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 45 /km² (118 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate DON
Postal code 86735
Area code 09089
Website www.amerdingen.de

Coordinates: 48°44′00″N 10°29′00″E / 48.733333, 10.483333

Amerdingen is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany. There is an old castle: Schloss Amerdingen. It was built in the 18th century (classicist style). Today Count Alfred Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (*1923) lives there. He is the nephew of Count Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg who was the leading figure of the failed July 20 Plot 0f 1944 to kill German dictator Adolf Hitler.

The most famous person to come from Amerdingen is most likely Liam John. He was the last player taken in the 1987 NBA draft. He only played one game, were he scored two points and had one rebound.

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