Niederraunau is a quarter

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 of the town Krumbach in Günzburg (district)

Günzburg (district)

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, Swabia

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, Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

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Geography

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Niederraunau (Elevation

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 518 m) is in the valley of the little river Kammel

Kammel

The Kammel is a river in Bavaria, southern Germany. The Kammel originates west of Mindelheim, in the district Unterallgäu, and flows generally north. It flows into the Mindel south of Offingen at the Danube, east of Günzburg in the district Günzburg. So it is an indirect right tributary of the...

 two kilometres south of
Krumbach in the natural region Lower Iller-Lech Gravel Plateau

Iller-Lech Plateau

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. The hills between the valleys of Kammel and the neighboring valleys of Günz

Günz

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 and Mindel

Mindel

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 are covered with forest. Niederraunau has a station at the Mittelschwaben Railway and it is at the Bundesstraße 16

Bundesstraße 16

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History

between 1100 and 1200: Niederraunau was founded

1494-95: the village

Village

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 got the right to hold a market

1613: the place got a coat of arms

Coat of arms

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after World War II

World War II

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: Niederraunau was the site of a post World War II

World War II

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 American sector displaced person camp

1978: since this year Niederraunau is a quarter of the town Krumbach; before this time the village was an own municipality;

Sights and Attractions

• castle of Schloss Niederraunau
• Church Hlgst. Dreifaltigkeit (mentioned in the year 1067; was at the beginning romanic; between 1617 and 1629 the church got it todays look)
• penitence cross from medieval times
  Medieval Times
  Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament is a family dinner theater featuring staged medieval-style games, sword-fighting, and jousting performed by a cast of 75 actors and 20 horses. Each location is housed in a replica 11th-century castle, with the exception of the Toronto location, which is housed...
  
   at the Bundesstraße 16
  Bundesstraße 16
  The Bundesstraße 16 or B 16 is one of the German federal highways crossing southern Bavaria from east to south. It runs from the Bavarian Forest to Regensburg and then along the river Danube to Günzburg. From Roding to Regensburg the highway is developed without any junctions and is in parts signed...
  
  
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