Nördlingen
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| Nördlingen | |
| Nördlingen, south view from the church tower Daniel | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
| Administration | |
| Country | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany |
|---|---|
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Swabia |
| District | Donau-Ries |
| Lord Mayor | Hermann Faul (PWG) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 68.10 km² (26.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 441 m (1447 ft) |
| Population | 20,122 (31/12/2007) |
| - Density | 295 /km² (765 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | DON (before 1972: NÖ) |
| Postal code | 86720 |
| Area code | 09081 |
| Website | www.noerdlingen.de |
- The title of this article contains the character ö. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Noerdlingen.
Nördlingen is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Bavaria, Germany, with a population of almost 20,000. It is located in the middle of a giant meteorite crater, called the Nördlinger Ries. The town was also the place of two battles during the Thirty Years' War. Today it is one of only three towns in Germany that still has a completely established city wall, the other two being Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Dinkelsbühl. Another tourist feature of this mediæval town is its 90m-steeple called "Daniel" being part of the Saint Georg's Church and made of an impact breccia called suevite containing shocked quartz.
It is twinned with the Markham, Ontario, in Canada and the City of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, in Australia.
The remains of a Roman castellum, built in the year 85 and probably called Septemiacum, have been found under the city.[citation needed] In 1998, Nördlingen celebrated its 1100-year-old history.
Nördlingen is also famous for the Scharlachrennen, a famous horse riding tournament that was first mentioned in 1463.
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[edit] Nördlingen in Sport
The local sports club, the TSV 1861 Nördlingen, has a very successful basketball department with the mens and the womens team both in the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga. The clubs football team is traditionally the strongest side in northern Swabia. It's most successful former player is Gerd Müller, who was born and raised in Nördlingen.
[edit] Nördlingen in popular culture
The fairytale-ballet anime Princess Tutu is set in the fictional Kinkan Town, which is heavily based on Nördlingen.
Nördlingen was the town shown in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in the final scenes when the glass elevator is floating over a town.
Nordlingen aerial screenshot 1970.jpg
A screenshot of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The 1970 town aspect looks very similar to the actual. |
Nordlingen aerial screenshot.jpg
Another screenshot of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory |
[edit] Impact Diamonds
Stone buildings in the town contain millions of tiny diamonds, all less than 0.2 millimeters across. The impact that caused the Nördlinger Ries crater created an estimating 72000 tons of them when it impacted a local graphite deposit. Stone from this area was quarried and used to build the stone buildings.
[edit] References
Emsley, John (2001). NATURE'S BUILDING BLOCKS. Oxford University Press, pp. 99. ISBN 0-1985-0341-5.
[edit] External links
- Official website (English)
- Ries Crater Museum, Nördlingen
- Noerdlingen — a Bavarian town in a crater, website with further information and some pictures
- Scharlachrennen Nördlingen
Image:Coat of arms of the Swabian League.svg Swabian League of the Holy Roman Empire (1331–1534) Image:Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg | ||
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| Founders | Aalen • Augsburg • Biberach • Bopfingen • Dinkelsbühl • Donauwörth • Esslingen • Giengen • Heilbronn • Isny • Kaufbeuren • Kempten • Leutkirch • Lindau • Memmingen • Nördlingen • Pfullendorf • Ravensburg • Reutlingen • Schwäbisch Gmünd • Schwäbisch Hall • Überlingen • Ulm • Wangen • Weil • Wimpfen | Image:Wappenschild.jpg |
| Joined 1340 | Cty Württemberg | |
| Joined 1488 | Mgvt Ansbach • Mgvt Baden • Dchy Bavaria • Mgvt Bayreuth • Electoral Palatinate • Lgvt Hesse • Abp Mainz • Abp Trier | |
Towns and municipalities in Donau-Ries | |
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| Alerheim | Amerdingen | Asbach-Bäumenheim | Auhausen | Buchdorf | Daiting | Deiningen | Donauwörth | Ederheim | Ehingen am Ries | Forheim | Fremdingen | Fünfstetten | Genderkingen | Hainsfarth | Harburg | Hohenaltheim | Holzheim | Huisheim | Kaisheim | Maihingen | Marktoffingen | Marxheim | Megesheim | Mertingen | Mönchsdeggingen | Monheim | Möttingen | Munningen | Münster | Niederschönenfeld | Nördlingen | Oberndorf am Lech | Oettingen in Bayern | Otting | Rain (Lech) | Reimlingen | Rögling | Tagmersheim | Tapfheim | Wallerstein | Wechingen | Wemding | Wolferstadt | |
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