Ingolstadt

Ingolstadt (US: /ˈɪŋɡəlʃtɑːt, -stɑːt/ ING-gəl-s(h)taht,^[2] German: [ˈʔɪŋɡɔlˌʃtat] (listen); Bavarian: Inglstod [ˈʔɪŋl̩ʃtɔːd] or Ingoistod, Latin: Auripolis) is a city in the German state of Bavaria near Munich. It is on the Danube river and has about 127,000 inhabitants.

Ingolstadt
City
Ingolstadt by night
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Ingolstadt
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Coordinates: 48°46′N 11°26′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Bavaria
District	Urban district
Subdivisions	11 Stadtbezirke with 61 Unterbezirken
Government
• Lord mayor	Christian Lösel (CSU)
Area
• Total	133.37 km2 (51.49 sq mi)
Elevation	374 m (1,227 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	141,029
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	85049–85057
Dialling codes	0841 08450 (Zuchering, Brunnenreuth) 08424 (Irgertsheim) 08458 (Pettenhofen/Mühlhausen/Dünzlau) 08459 (Niederfeld)
Vehicle registration	IN
Website	www.ingolstadt.de

History

In 1472, Bavaria's first university was founded in Ingolstadt. The Bavarian Reinheitsgebot, a regulation about the purity of beer, was started there in 1516. The car manufacturer Audi has its main base in Ingolstadt.

Ingolstadt is also the setting of Mary Shelley's famous novel Frankenstein.