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Donau-Ries (Danube-Ries) is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Ansbach, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Eichstätt, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Aichach-Friedberg, Augsburg and Dillingen, and by the state of Baden-Württemberg (districts of Heidenheim and Ostalbkreis).

Key facts

German district.name
Donau-Ries
German district.state
Bavaria
German district.image_flag
Flagge Landkreis Donau-Ries.svg
German district.image_coa
DEU Landkreis Donau-Ries COA.svg
German district.capital
Donauwörth
German district.regierungsbezirk
Swabia
German district.area
1275
German district.Kreisschlüssel
09779
German district.district_admin
Stefan Rößle
German district.admin_party
CSU
German district.carsign
DON, NÖ

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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Located in
Swabia
Contains
Fünfstetten
Population
133496
Area
1275.00
Elevation
508
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Westheim
Official website
donau-ries.de
Licence plate code
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Commons category
Landkreis Donau-Ries
topic's main category
Category:Donau-Ries
category of associated people
Category:People from Donau-Ries
inception
1972-07-01
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Encyclopedic overview

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Donau-Ries (Danube-Ries) is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Ansbach, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Eichstätt, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Aichach-Friedberg, Augsburg and Dillingen, and by the state of Baden-Württemberg (districts of Heidenheim and Ostalbkreis).

==History== From Palaeolithic times on the Nördlinger Ries was a very attractive site for human settlement. The valley of the Danube was abounding with game, and many caves in the slopes of the crater provided shelter for Neanderthals and their successors.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Donau-Ries” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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