Munderkingen

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Munderkingen
Town
Munderkingen on the Danube river
Coat of arms
Location of Munderkingen within Alb-Donau-Kreis district
Interactive map of Munderkingen
Map credit Location within Germany Show map of Germany Map credit Location within Baden-Württemberg Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°14′7″N 9°38′38″E / 48.23528°N 9.64389°E / 48.23528; 9.64389
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Alb-Donau-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2023–31)	Thomas Schelkle
Area
• Total	13.08 km2 (5.05 sq mi)
Elevation	516 m (1,693 ft)
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	5,447
• Density	416.4/km2 (1,079/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	89597
Dialling codes	07393
Vehicle registration	UL
Website	www.munderkingen.de

Munderkingen (German pronunciation: [ˈmʊndɐˌkɪŋən] ^ⓘ; Swabian: Mondrkenga) is the smallest town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 9 km southwest of Ehingen, and 31 km southwest of Ulm.

Buildings

Old hospital

Built in 1889–90, the historicist building belongs to the townscape.

Transport

Munderkingen is served by the Ulm–Sigmaringen railway.

Daughters and sons of the town

• Thomas Sattelberger (born 1949), German manager and politician (FDP)
• Thomas Locher (born 1956), Concept artist, professor at the art college in Copenhagen, Denmark, professor and rector of the art college for graphics and book art in Leipzig
• Meinrad Kneer (born 1970), jazz musician
• Carl Borromäus Weitzmann, 1767 Munderkingen, died 1828 in Ehingen (Donau) was a lawyer with a degree from the University of Vienna. Freemason and member of two lodges (Vienna and Ulm). He is the best-known representative of Swabian poetry. In terms of the number of publishing editions of his poems from 1803 (first edition) to the present day, CBS is the most widely read "Swabian poet" of his time and to this day.
• Lorenz Locher (1903–1974), historian, music and poems for the Munderkinger Fasnacht (traditional fountain jump). Book editions: Fasnacht (1934), Carl Borromäus Weitzmann (1955), Conradus Kner Abbas Marchtalensis XII. (1960), Patre Sebastian Sailer priest in the (Ober-) Marchtal convent (1965)
• Karl Josef von Schmid (1832/1893), Politician, lawyer, mayor of Munderkingen, member of the state parliament and Reichstag, Minister of the Interior, Kingdom of Württemberg, ennobled by King Karl of Württemberg. Initiator of the expansion of the Danube Valley Railway (Ulm-Munderkingen-Sigmaringen, later including Donaueschingen-Freiburg). Construction of the Munderkingen hospital, railway and post office buildings and the architecturally new concrete single-arch Danube bridge (50m span) - completion 1893

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