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Ingolstadt is located along the banks of the Danube River in the Federal State of Bavaria, Germany. As of July 31, 2001 it had 119,293 residents registered, making it the sixth largest city in Bavaria.
The headquarters of the German automobile manufacturer Audi are located in Ingolstadt, as well as the headquarters of MediaMarkt and Saturn (both electronic stores).
See also: University of Ingolstadt
1 History and culture
The bavarian fortress ( 1537- 1930) nowadays holds the museum of the bavarian army. A sapper's drill ground is still crossing the river, two military air bases are nearby, one used for testing airplanes Manching . The long military tradition of the city reflects in today's civil and cultural life. Former "off limit" grounds are now well used public parks, the famous writer Marieluise Fleißer wrote Pioniere in Ingolstadt in 1928.
Ingolstadt was the City where the Wilhelm IV von Bayern wrote and signed the bavarian Reinheitsgebot in 1516, the eldest food law still in use. Adolf Scherzer composed the Bayerischen Defiliermarsch , Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is related to the Ingolstädter alte Anatomie, now museumA museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evi for medical history. In 1748, it was in Ingolstadt that Adam WeishauptThe caption reads: "Adam Weishaupt, ehemaliger Jesuit, grundete am 1. Mai 1776 die Geheimgesellschaft der Illuminaten" (Adam Weishaupt, former Jesuit, founded the secret society of the Illuminati on May 1st, 1776) Adam Weishaupt ( February 6, 1748 Novembe was born.
2 Literary references
Ingolstadt plays an important role in The Illuminatus! TrilogyThe Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. The series is a post-modern science fiction-influenced drug- and sex-laden trek through a number of conspiracy theories, both historical and imaginary, wh by Robert SheaRobert Joseph Shea ( 1933 March 10, 1994) was the co-author (with Robert Anton Wilson) of the Illuminatus trilogy. Robert Shea met Robert Anton Wilson in the late 1960s, when both were working in the editorial department of Playboy''. Before long, they de and Robert Anton WilsonRobert Anton Wilson or R. born January 18, 1932) is a futurologist, libertarian, and author of the Schrodinger's Cat trilogy ( 1979), a complex spoof of conspiracy theories. He also co-authored (with Robert Shea) the Illuminatus trilogy ( 1975), which hum.
Dr. FaustFaust is the protagonist of a popular German tale that has been used as the basis for many different fictional works. It concerns the fate of a learned gentleman, Faust, who summons the Devil, who in the tale is usually called Mephistopheles, and offers t is mentioned in an old and short local Tale.
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