Mertingen

Mertingen
Coat of arms
Mertingen
Location of Mertingen within Donau-Ries district
Coordinates: 48°39′N 10°47′E / 48.650°N 10.783°E / 48.650; 10.783Coordinates: 48°39′N 10°47′E / 48.650°N 10.783°E / 48.650; 10.783
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Donau-Ries
Government
• Mayor	Albert Lohner (CSU)
Area
• Total	38.42 km2 (14.83 sq mi)
Elevation	411 m (1,348 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	3,979
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	86690
Dialling codes	09078
Vehicle registration	DON
Website	www.mertingen.de

Mertingen is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.

Here near the location of "Burghoefe" the important Roman road Via Claudia Augusta was built during the 1st century AD, linking Italy with the Danube river had its northern end. It branched into a Roman military road following the Danube river from its origine in the West to Regensburg in the East.