Amerdingen

Castle Amerdingen

Coat of arms

Amerdingen

Location of Amerdingen within Donau-Ries district

Coordinates: 48°44′N 10°29′E / 48.733°N 10.483°ECoordinates: 48°44′N 10°29′E / 48.733°N 10.483°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Hermann Schmidt

Area

• Total

19.10 km² (7.37 sq mi)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

851

• Density

45/km² (120/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

86735

09089

DON

Website

www.amerdingen.de

Amerdingen is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany. There is an 18th-century castle: Schloss Amerdingen (classicist style). It was built by the known noble family of the Stauffenbergs . All living Stauffenbergs belong to the Amerdingen line of this clan. Today Count Alfred Schenk von Stauffenberg (*1923) and his wife live there. Count Alfred is a nephew of Count Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg who was the leading figure of the failed 20 July Plot of 1944 to kill German dictator Adolf Hitler.

References

↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). June 2016.

Towns and municipalities in Donau-Ries

Alerheim Amerdingen Asbach-Bäumenheim Auhausen Buchdorf Daiting Deiningen Donauwörth Ederheim Ehingen am Ries Forheim Fremdingen Fünfstetten Genderkingen Hainsfarth Harburg Hohenaltheim Holzheim Huisheim Kaisheim Maihingen Marktoffingen Marxheim Megesheim Mertingen Mönchsdeggingen Monheim Möttingen Munningen Münster Niederschönenfeld Nördlingen Oberndorf am Lech Oettingen in Bayern Otting Rain Reimlingen Rögling Tagmersheim Tapfheim Wallerstein Wechingen Wemding Wolferstadt

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 233750589 GND: 4207699-7

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