Günzburg: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 67 - 193 Hotel Römer
 Our family-friendly hotel Romer resides in central position, only five minutes to walk to the historical “Marktplatz” (Market Square). Here you wi… MoreEUR 42 - 134 Hotel Restaurant Goldene Traube
 This hotel and restaurant is located on the marketplace of Günzburg’s Old Town centre, just 600 metres from Günzburg Train Station. It offers comf… MoreEUR 79 - 139 Hotel Zettler Günzburg
 Just 2.4 km from the A8 motorway and 4 km from the Legoland theme park, this family-friendly 4-star hotel in Günzburg welcomes you to the Swabian Ba… MoreEUR 49 - 75 Hotel Hirsch
 The traditional Hotel Hirsch offers free parking and a free internet terminal. It is located on the historic marketplace in Günzburg, a 1-minute walk… MoreEUR 50 - 120 Hotel Gasthof Goldener Löwe
 This family-run hotel in the Denzingen district of Günzburg offers free Wi-Fi and free parking. It is 3 minutes from the A8 motorway and 5 minutes fr… MoreEUR 55 - 140 EuroHotel Günzburg
 This family-friendly, 3-star hotel in Günzburg offers a garden with playground, free internet, and direct access to the A8 motorway. The Legoland the… MoreEUR 67 - 179 Hotel Bettina
 The family-run bed & breakfast Hotel Bettina is conveniently located in Günzburg, only a 10-minute walk from the historical old town.
This is a fami… MoreEUR 56 - 134 Arcadia Hotel Günzburg
 This charming 3-star hotel enjoys an attractive setting within the historic Old Town of Günzburg, close to the River Danube and the Legoland theme pa… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Günzburg: Guide
This article relates to the city in Germany. For the family name, see Günzburg (surname).
Günzburg is a the district of Günzburg in Krumbach.
Günzburg lies where the river Günz enters the Danube, and has a population of about 19,800.
History
Günzburg was founded in about 70 BC|70 B.C. by the Ancient Rome|Romans to defend the borders of their land along the Danube; it was known as Castellum Guntia, Gontia or Contia. The name comes from that of a Celtic moon goddess (Góntia). It consisted of a fort, later replaced by at least one other on the same site, a fairly large civilian settlement and most likely an important bridge over the Danube.
After the Romans left in the 5th century, the Alamanni tribe settled there. In around 700 the nearby castle of Ricinis was mentioned by the Cartographer of Ravenna as one of the five most important castles of Alemannia. In 1065 first documentary evidence appears of the town itself as Gunceburch.
In 1301 the town became part of the Habsburg Royal House|house and was developed into the centre of the margraviate of Burgau; for a time it was even the capital of all Further Austria. In 1806 the town became part of Bavaria.
Very near Günzburg is the site where the "Leipheim Horde" was defeated by the Swabian army in 1525 during the German Peasants' Revolt. The same site saw the first flight by a Messerschmitt Me 262 in 1942.
Attractions
The attractions of Günzburg include the Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche) built by Dominikus Zimmermann, the margraves' castle (the only Habsburg castle built in Germany), the Reisensburg fort, today the congress centre of the University of Ulm and the nearly-intact old town centre. In 2002 Legoland built a theme park near the town.
Image:Guenzburg germany 1918.jpg|Günzburg in about 1918
Image:Guenzburg Kuehturm.jpg|Cooling tower in the old town
Image:Guenzburg Frauenkirche Altar.jpg|Altar at the Frauenkirche
Image:Guenzburg Frauenkirche Orgel.jpg|Deck and choir at the Frauenkirche
Sons and daughters of the town
Johann Eck
Johann Eberlin von Günzburg, the reformist preacher and author, was born in the town around 1470.
Green politician
Josef Mengele, the Nazism|Nazi war criminal was born in Günzburg; on 8 March 2005 a monument to his victims was erected in the town.
Kunigunde Schumann, the wife of Conrad Schumann
Franz Xaver Schwarz
References
This article incorporates text translated from the from the German Wikipedia, retrieved on April 2 2005
See also
Góntia
Günzburg (surname)
Günzburg (district)
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