Dillingen an der Donau

Dillingen an der Donau
King's Street
Coat of arms
Dillingen an der Donau
Location of Dillingen an der Donau within Dillingen district
Coordinates: 48°34′N 10°28′E / 48.567°N 10.467°E / 48.567; 10.467Coordinates: 48°34′N 10°28′E / 48.567°N 10.467°E / 48.567; 10.467
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Dillingen
Government
• Mayor	Frank Kunz (CSU)
Area
• Total	75.59 km2 (29.19 sq mi)
Elevation	422 m (1,385 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	18,547
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	89407
Dialling codes	09071
Vehicle registration	DLG
Website	www.dillingen-donau.de

Dillingen, or Dillingen an der Donau (Dillingen on the Danube) is a town in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative center of the district of Dillingen.

Besides the town of Dillingen proper, the municipality encompasses the villages of Donaualtheim, Fristingen, Hausen, Kicklingen, Schretzheim and Steinheim.

Schretzheim is notable for its 6th to 7th century Alemannic cemetery, 630 row graves in an area of 100 by 140 metres. The counts of Dillingen ruled from the 10th to the 13th century; in 1258 the territory was turned over to the Prince Bishops of Augsburg. After the Reformation, the prince-bishops of Augsburg moved to the Catholic city of Dillingen and made it one of the centers of the Counter-Reformation.

In 1800, during the War of the Second Coalition, 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 and, after a small group of men captured a foothold on the northern bank of the Danube, his 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.