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Fridingen

Fridingen an der Donau, commonly known as Fridingen, is a town in the district of Tuttlingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 10 km east of Tuttlingen, and 23 km west of Sigmaringen. A large hoard of Bronze Age jewellery was discovered in the vicinity of the town in the nineteenth century. It is now part of the British Museum's prehistoric European collection.

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Fridingen
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Konstanz (district)Rottweil (district)Sigmaringen (district)Schwarzwald-Baar-KreisZollernalbkreisAldingenBalgheimBärenthalBöttingenBubsheimBuchheimDeilingenDenkingenDürbheimDurchhausenEgesheimEmmingen-LiptingenFridingenFrittlingenGeisingenGosheimGunningenHausen ob VerenaImmendingenIrndorfKönigsheimKolbingenMahlstettenMühlheim an der DonauNeuhausen ob EckReichenbach am HeubergRenquishausenRietheim-WeilheimSeitingen-OberflachtSpaichingenTalheimTrossingenTuttlingenWehingenWurmlingen
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Coordinates: 48°01′14″N 08°55′58″E / 48.02056°N 8.93278°E / 48.02056; 8.93278
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictTuttlingen
Government
 • Mayor (2020–28) Stefan Waizeneggger1
Area
 • Total
22.47 km2 (8.68 sq mi)
Elevation
626 m (2,054 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)2
 • Total
3,157
 • Density140.5/km2 (363.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
78567
Dialling codes07463
Vehicle registrationTUT
Websitewww.fridingen.de

Fridingen an der Donau (German: [ˈfʁiːdɪŋən an deːɐ̯ ˈdoːnaʊ] ⓘ, lit. 'Fridingen on the Donau'), commonly known as Fridingen, is a town in the district of Tuttlingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 10 km east of Tuttlingen, and 23 km west of Sigmaringen. A large hoard of Bronze Age jewellery (mostly armlets and bracelets) was discovered in the vicinity of the town in the nineteenth century. It is now part of the British Museum's prehistoric European collection.3

Sons and daughters of the city

  • Josef Feger (1920–2010), mayor of Leutkirch im Allgäu
  • Josef Hipp (1927–1959), athlete
  • Paul Ackermann (born 1939), political scientist
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