Donaueschingen
Sign in to saveDonaueschingen (; Low Alemannic: Eschinge) is a German town in the Black Forest in the southwest of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar Kreis. It stands near the confluence of the two sources of the river Danube (in ).
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Donaueschingen is a town in southwestern Germany's Black Forest region, notable for its location near where the two source streams of the Danube River meet. The town serves as a geographical landmark for understanding the origin of one of Europe's major rivers.
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Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_photo
- Donaueschingen Lammplatz und Stadtkirche (2025).jpg
- German place.image_caption
- Lammplatz square and Church of St. John
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Donaueschingen COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Donaueschingen in VS.svg
- German place.state
- Baden-Württemberg
- German place.region
- Freiburg
- German place.district
- Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
- German place.elevation
- 686
- German place.area
- 104.67
- German place.postal_code
- 78151–78168
- German place.area_code
- 0771
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- Education
- Culture
- Twin towns – sister cities
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Donaueschingen (; Low Alemannic: Eschinge) is a German town in the Black Forest in the southwest of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar Kreis. It stands near the confluence of the two sources of the river Danube (in ).
Donaueschingen stands in a basin within low mountainous terrain. It is located about south of Villingen-Schwenningen, west of Tuttlingen, and about north of the Swiss town of Schaffhausen. In 2015 the population was 21,750, making it the second largest town in the district (Kreis) of Schwarzwald-Baar. It is a regional rail hub.