Place:Günzburg, Schwaben, Bayern, Germany

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NameGünzburg
Alt namesGunzburg
TypeDistrict
Located inSchwaben, Bayern, Germany
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Günzburg
Unknown
Haldenwang
Harthausen
Hausen
Limbach
Rettenbach
Ried
Rieden
Schönenberg
Winterbach
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Günzburg is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Dillingen, Augsburg, Unterallgäu and Neu-Ulm, and by the state of Baden-Württemberg (districts Alb-Donau and Heidenheim).

For the capital, see Günzburg.

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History

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In the early Middle Ages the tiny county of Burgau ruled the region. In 1213 the county was acquired by the lords of Berg; it was then known as Berg-Burgau, but the last ruler of this collateral line died in 1301, and Burgau (now raised to the level of a margraviate) became an exclave of Austria. In the early 17th century the administrative seat was moved from the town of Burgau to Günzburg, but the margraviate retained its name. When the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist in 1806, the margraviate was dissolved and the region was annexed by Bavaria.

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Günzburg and Krumbach. Günzburg lost its status as an urban district and became the administrative seat of the new district.

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