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Situated at the beautiful Danube Stream in the guts of Bavaria, Ingolstadt is one of the eldest and most charming towns in Germany.

Early settlements prove the existence of a density of population since 1800 BC. The 1st time Ingolstadt was mentioned in an official document was in the year 806 by Carl the Great and it became its town rights in 1250. Although that, the city is being considered found around 600 AD by Ingold. The name was first “Ingoldes Stadt” ( Town of Ingold ), but throughout the centuries it is received its present name – Ingolstadt.

An interesting thing to understand about Ingolstadt’s history is the foundation the Bavarian Illuminati, a famous secret society, which was established by Adam Weishaupt in 1776. Likewise , Ingolstadt is the seat of the vehicle company AUDI, which was set up by August Horch. AUDI is also believed by some to be an acronym for car Union Deutschland Ingolstadt. The town has a very successful ice hockey team called ERC Ingolstadt, which is currently in the first place of the DEL in Germany and made the second place in last years’ play-offs. The town is also the setting of the famous book “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelly.

Through the centuries, the town middle of Ingolstadt has kept its old typical city design style and buildings that date from the middle Ages. Some pieces of the town wall are restored in their original look and there are 2 museums that are worth a visit, like the Army Museum, the Toy Museum, the German Medicine Historical Museum and others.

Although this town has a quite little population of approximately 122 000 folks, Ingolstadt has a huge number of feasts celebrated throughout the year. The most noted ones are the “Pfingstvolksfest” (02.06-11.06) and the “Herbstfest” (22.09-03.10), where people are drinking a lot of beer, enjoying the theme park-like atmosphere and taking a look at the little sales booths. You might basically say that it is a small version of Oktoberfest. Having mentioned these beer-feasts, it now appears suitable to name the four breweries, which are providing the beer for them and are of course situated in Ingolstadt: “Ingobräu”, “Herrnbräu”, “Nordbräu” and “Westpark and “Westpark Bru 1516″. Other bigger banquets are the “Brunnenfest” ( 01.04-17.04 ), “Septemberdult” ( 09.09-17.09 and the “Christkindlmarkt” ( 01.12-23.12 ). In this year there’ll be even more banquets and parties, as Ingolstadt is celebrating its anniversary – exactly 1200 years, in February.

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