Country Germany Admin. region Schwaben Elevation 411 m (1,348 ft) Area 38.42 km² Population 3,764 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 09078 | State Bavaria District Donau-Ries Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Sunday 2:49 PM Postal code 86690 Administrative region Swabia | |
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Mertingen is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany.
Map of Mertingen, Germany
Here near the location of "Burghoefe" the important Roman road Via Claudia Augusta was built during the 1st century AD, linking Italy with the Danube river had its northern end. It branched into a Roman military road following the Danube river from its origine in the West to Regensburg in the East.
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