Donau-Ries
Sign in to saveDonau-Ries (Danube-Ries) is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Ansbach, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Eichstätt, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Aichach-Friedberg, Augsburg and Dillingen, and by the state of Baden-Württemberg (districts of Heidenheim and Ostalbkreis).
Key facts
- German district.name
- Donau-Ries
- German district.state
- Bavaria
- German district.image_flag
- Flagge Landkreis Donau-Ries.svg
- German district.image_coa
- DEU Landkreis Donau-Ries COA.svg
- German district.capital
- Donauwörth
- German district.regierungsbezirk
- Swabia
- German district.area
- 1275
- German district.Kreisschlüssel
- 09779
- German district.district_admin
- Stefan Rößle
- German district.admin_party
- CSU
- German district.carsign
- DON, NÖ
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Donau-Ries (Danube-Ries) is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Ansbach, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Eichstätt, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Aichach-Friedberg, Augsburg and Dillingen, and by the state of Baden-Württemberg (districts of Heidenheim and Ostalbkreis).
==History== From Palaeolithic times on the Nördlinger Ries was a very attractive site for human settlement. The valley of the Danube was abounding with game, and many caves in the slopes of the crater provided shelter for Neanderthals and their successors.