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INGOLSTADT
, a fortified See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Danube at its confluence with the Schutter, 52 M. See also:north of See also:Munich, at the junction of the See also:main lines of railway, Munich, See also:Bamberg and See also:Regensburg-See also:Augsburg
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(1900) 22,207
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The See also:principal buildings are the old See also:palace of the See also:dukes of Bavaria-Ingolstadt, now used as an See also:arsenal; the new palace on the Danube; the remains of the earliest See also:Jesuits' See also:college in Germany, founded in 1555; the former university buildings, now a school; the See also:theatre; the large See also:Gothic Frauenkirche, founded in 14
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25, with two massive towers, containing several interesting monuments, among them the See also:tomb of Dr See also:Eck, See also:Luther's opponent; the Franciscan See also:convent and nunnery; and several other churches and hospitals
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Ingol-stadt possesses several technical and other See also:schools
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In 1472 a university was founded in the town by the Bavarian See also:duke, See also:
The fortifications, erected in 1539, were put to the test during the contests of the See also:Reformation See also:period and in the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War
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Gustavus See also:Adolphus vainly besieged Ingolstadt in 1632, when See also:Tilly, to whom there is a See also:monument in the Frauenkirche, See also:lay mortally wounded within the walls
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In the War of the See also:Spanish See also:Succession it was besieged by the See also:margrave of See also:Baden in 1704
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In 1743 it was surrendered by the See also:French to the Austrians, and in 1800, after three months' See also:siege, the French, under See also:General See also:Moreau, took the town, and dismantled the fortifications
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They were rebuilt on a much larger See also:scale under See also: |
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