Lauingen

Lauingen (Swabian: Lauinga) is a town in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria, Germany.^[3] It is located on the left bank of the Danube, 5 km west of Dillingen, and 37 km northeast of Ulm.

Lauingen
Town
The town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Lauingen within Dillingen district
Lauingen Show map of Germany Lauingen Show map of Bavaria
Coordinates: 48°34′N 10°26′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Dillingen
Government
• Mayor (2018–24)	Katja Müller[1] (CSU)
Area
• Total	44.39 km2 (17.14 sq mi)
Elevation	439 m (1,440 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	11,445
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	89415
Dialling codes	09072
Vehicle registration	DLG
Website	www.Lauingen.de

Sculpture with bridge across the Danube

In June 1800, the armies of the French First Republic, under command of Jean Victor Moreau, fought Habsburg regulars and Württemberg contingents, under the general command of Pál Kray. Kray had taken refuge in the fortress at Ulm; Moreau diverted his army to approach Ulm from the east. Kray had ordered preparation for the destruction of all the bridges across the Danube, including the one at Lauingen. A small group of French captured a foothold on the northern bank of the Danube by Grensheim, and Moreau's forces were able to move against the fortress on both sides of the river. At this battle, the culmination of the Danube Campaign of 1800, Moreau forced Kray to abandon Ulm and withdraw into eastern Bavaria.^[4]

Notable people

Lauingen Albertus Magnus memorial in front of the town hall

• Albertus Magnus (around 1200-1280), Dominican, bishop and important Aristotelian scholar
• Martin Ruland the Younger (1569-1611), physician and alchemist
• Nikolaus Geiger (1849-1897), painter and sculptor
• Heinz Piontek (1925-2003), writer and Büchner Prize winner lived from 1947 to 1955 in Lauingen

International relations

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

Lauingen is twinned with:

• Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Berlin, Germany
• Segré, France
• Treviglio, Italy

View of the town

References

1. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 19 July 2021.
2. Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
3. "Lauingen on German Culture".
4. "Höchstädt", History of the Wars of the French Revolution: Including Sketches of the Civil History of Great Britain and France, from the Revolutionary Movements, 1788, to the Restoration of a General Peace, 1815, Kuhl, France, 1820, p. 183.

See also

• Shoes on the Danube Bank