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Ulm is the overall 11th-largest city on the Danube River, and the third-largest German Danubian city after Regensburg and Ingolstadt. Founded around 850, Ulm is rich in history and traditions as a former free imperial city.
The City's History. “Actum Hulmam palatio regio in Dei nomine feliciter. Amen” This Latin phrase is the start of Ulm’s “official” history: On July 22nd, 854, King Ludwig the German seals a document in the palatinate Ulma – the first known mention of today’s metropolis. As yet the small settlement around the imperial palace bears ...
Oct 4, 2024 · Ulm was first mentioned as a royal domain in 854 and was chartered in the 12th century by the Hohenstaufen emperors. It played a leading part in the town leagues and wars of the 14th and 15th centuries, becoming a free imperial city with extensive territorial authority.
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May 21, 2018 · Ulm Industrial city on the River Danube, Baden-Württemberg, s Germany. Founded before 800, Ulm was an important political and commercial centre of medieval Europe . The major landmark is the Gothic minster (1377), with the tallest spire in the world, at 161m (528ft).
It became a Free Imperial City with extensive territorial authority, and having a population of about 60,000. It became Protestant in 1530 and declined after the French Wars of Religion of the 16th century and 17th century.
Oct 12, 2020 · Albert Einstein, physicist and scientific legend, was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm. He lived in the city for only 15 months, but Ulm is of course still proud of its famous son.
Ulm is a city in Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. It was started in about 850 AD. Ulm is on the left side of the river Danube. Across the river on the right side is Neu-Ulm in Bavaria.
