Ingolstadt

Ingolstadt (; Austro-Bavarian: ) is an independent city on the Danube, in Upper Bavaria, with 142,308 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2023). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan area. Ingolstadt is the second largest city in Upper Bavaria after Munich and the fifth largest city in Bavaria after Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg and Regensburg. The city passed the mark of 100,000 inhabitants in 1989 and has since been one of the major cities in Germany. After Regensburg, Ingolstadt is the second largest German city on the Danube.

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Ingolstadt is an independent city located on the Danube River in Upper Bavaria with about 142,000 residents, making it the second-largest city in Upper Bavaria and the fifth-largest in all of Bavaria. The city is significant as one of Germany's major cities and the second-largest German city situated on the Danube River.

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Key facts

German place.type: City
German place.image_coa: DEU Ingolstadt COA.svg
German place.image_flag: Flagge Ingolstadt.svg
German place.image_caption: Ingolstadt by night
German place.state: Bayern
German place.region: Oberbayern
German place.district: Kreisfreie Stadt
German place.elevation: 374
German place.area: 133.37
German place.postal_code: 85049–85057
German place.area_code: 084108450 (Zuchering, Brunnenreuth)08424 (Irgertsheim)08458 (Pettenhofen/Mühlhausen/Dünzlau)08459 (Niederfeld)
German place.licence: IN
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 1 61 000
German place.divisions: 11 Stadtbezirke with 61 Unterbezirken
German place.website: www.ingolstadt.de
German place.mayor: Christian Scharpf
German place.leader_term: 2020–26
German place.Bürgermeistertitel: Oberbürgermeister

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Ingolstadt
Population: 19398
Area: 11199
Elevation: 368
Official website: www.ingolstadt.de
Image: GER Ingolstadt Rathausplatz 013.jpg
Households: 40587
Unemployment rate: 3
Dialing code: 08459
Licence plate code: IN

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P12749: Nile
Commons category: Ingolstadt
postal code: 85055
inception: 1200-00-00
time of earliest written record: 0806-00-00
Commons gallery: Ingolstadt
short name: Ig
number of houses: 2186
native label: Ingolstadt
P8168: Bandung
P11012: Wietse Bosmans
hashtag: Ingolstadt

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Contents

Geography
History and culture
Economy
Demographics
Cityscape
Main sights
Parks and natural areas
Schools
Ingolstadt School of Management
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Sports
Transport
Literary references
Twin towns – sister cities
Organizations and clubs
Notable people
Notes
References
External links

The city was first mentioned in 806. In the late Middle Ages, the city was one of the capitals of the Bavarian duchies alongside Munich, Landshut and Straubing, which is reflected in the architecture. On 13 March 1472 Ingolstadt became the seat of the first university in Bavaria, which later distinguished itself as the center of the Counter-Reformation. The freethinking Illuminati order was also founded here in 1776. The city was also a Bavarian state fortress for more than 400 years. The historic old town has been preserved.