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| Ingolstadt | |
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
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| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Upper Bavaria |
| District | Urban district |
| City subdivisions | 11 Stadtbezirke with 61 Unterbezirken |
| Lord Mayor | Christian Lösel (CSU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 133.37 km2 (51.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 374 m (1227 ft) |
| Population | 131,002 (31 December 2015) |
| - Density | 982 /km2 (2,544 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | IN |
| Postal codes | 85049–85057 |
| Area codes | 0841 08450 (Zuchering, Brunnenreuth) 08424 (Irgertsheim) 08458 (Pettenhofen/Mühlhausen/Dünzlau) 08459 (Niederfeld) |
| Website | www.ingolstadt.de |
Ingolstadt (U.S. /ˈɪŋɡəlʃtɑːt-stɑːt/ ing-GƏL-s(h)taht,[1] German: [ˈʔɪŋɡɔlˌʃtat] (
listen); Bavarian: Inglstod [ˈʔɪŋl̩ʃtɔːd] or Ingoistod, Latin: Auripolis) is a city in the German state of Bavaria near Munich. It is on the Danube river and has about 127,000 inhabitants.
History
In 1472, Bavaria's first university was founded in Ingolstadt. The Bavarian Reinheitsgebot, a regulation about the purity of beer, was started there in 1516. The car manufacturer Audi has its main base in Ingolstadt.
Ingolstadt is also the setting of Mary Shelley's famous novel Frankenstein.
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