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INGOLSTADT
- GERMANY
Ingolstadt is located along the banks of the
Danube River in the Federal State of Bavaria, Germany. As of July 31, 2001
it had 119,293 residents registered, making it the sixth largest city in
Bavaria.
The headquarters of the German automobile manufacturer Audi are located in
Ingolstadt, as well as the headquarters of MediaMarkt and Saturn (both
electronic stores).
History and culture
The bavarian fortress (1537-1930) nowadays holds the museum of the bavarian
army. A sapper's drill ground is still crossing the river, two military air
bases are nearby, one used for testing airplanes Manching. The long military
tradition of the city reflects in today's civil and cultural life. Former "off
limit" grounds are now well used public parks, the famous writer Marieluise
Fleißer wrote Pioniere in Ingolstadt in 1928.
Ingolstadt was the City where the Wilhelm IV von Bayern wrote and signed the
bavarian Reinheitsgebot in 1516, the eldest food law still in use. Adolf
Scherzer composed the Bayerischen Defiliermarsch, Mary Shelley's
Frankenstein is related to the Ingolstädter alte Anatomie, now museum for
medical history. In 1748, it was in Ingolstadt that Adam Weishaupt was born.
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