Ingolstadt
town in Bavaria, Germany
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.
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| Coordinates: 48°46′N 11°26′E / 48.767°N 11.433°ECoordinates: 48°46′N 11°26′E / 48.767°N 11.433°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 (2016-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 133,639 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/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 |
HistoryEdit
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.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). January 2018.
- ↑ "Ingolstadt". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
Other websitesEdit
Media related to Ingolstadt at Wikimedia Commons
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