Dillingen is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia , Bavaria , Germany . It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Donau-Ries , Augsburg and Günzburg , and by the state of Baden-Württemberg (district of Heidenheim ).
5-586: Binswangen is a municipality in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria in Germany . The town is a member of the municipal association Wertingen . The town's 1836 synagogue, designed by Friedrich von Gärtner and notable as the first to use the horseshoe arch of Moorish architecture for windows and portals, was plundered in the Reichskristallnacht but not set ablaze because of its proximity to other buildings. It
10-615: The Danube river was a border between the Roman empire and the Germanic tribes north of the river. The Roman camp of Phoebiana (now Faimingen) was a bridgehead crossing the danube. There was an Apollo temple being one of the largest buildings north of the Alps in that time. In medieval times the county of Dillingen was established. The counts of Dillingen ruled from the 10th to the 13th century, then (1258)
15-464: The territory was turned over to the Prince Bishops of Augsburg , who gained several villages for their clerical state, hence subdividing the region into several patches, which were dissolved in the early 19th century. In 1804 Dillingen and its area became part of the state of Bavaria. The district was established in 1972 by merging the former district of Dillingen (which had existed since 1804) with
20-457: The western half of the former district of Wertingen. The city of Dillingen lost its status as a district-free city and became the capital of the newly established district. The district is crossed by the river Danube , which enters the district in the southwest and leaves to the east. All cities in the district except for Wertingen are located along the Danube. The white lion was part of the arms of
25-565: Was restored beginning in 1987 and since 1996 has served as a community center, open to visitors on Sundays. Other remnants of Binswangen's former Jewish community, which dates back to at least 1609, are the memorial site of the Jewish cemetery destroyed by the Nazis and the landmark Schilling House (ca. 1840). This Dillingen district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dillingen (district) In ancient times
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