Dillingen an der Donau

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Dillingen an der Donau
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Swabia
District	Dillingen
Mayor	Frank Kunz (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area	75.59 km² (29.2 sq mi)
Elevation	422 m  (1385 ft)
Population	18,541  (31/12/2006)
- Density	245 /km² (635 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	DLG
Postal code	89407
Area code	09071
Website	www.dillingen-donau.de Coordinates: 48°34′0″N 10°28′0″E / 48.56667, 10.46667

For other uses, see: Dillingen

The Church of the Jesuit University of Dillingen (Donau)

Dillingen, or Dillingen an der Donau (Dillingen on the Danube) is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative center of the district of Dillingen. The counts of Dillingen ruled from the 10th to the 13th century, in 1258 the territory was turned over to the Prince Bishops of Augsburg. After the Reformation, the Bishops of Augsburg moved to the Catholic city of Dillingen and made it one of the centers of the Counter-Reformation. A university was established in 1549, but was closed by Napoleon in 1804. The philosophical and theological faculties still existed in the 20th century. In 1971, however, it became a part of the Bavarian Center for the Education and Training of Teachers and Personnel Management (Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung). One of the largest employers in the city is Bosch and Siemens, producers of household appliances.

[edit] External links

• The town's official website

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