14 Facts About Ulm

Ulm is a city in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria.

Today, Ulm is an economic centre due to its varied industries, and it is the seat of the University of Ulm.

City of Ulm is situated in the northern part of the North Alpine Foreland basin, where the basin reaches the Swabian Alb.

Oldest traceable settlement of the Ulm area began in the early Neolithic period, around 5000 BC.

Ulm blossomed during the 15th and 16th centuries, mostly due to the export of high-quality textiles.

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In 1810, Ulm was incorporated into the Kingdom of Wurttemberg and lost its districts on the other bank of the Danube, which came to be known as Neu-Ulm .

Sole RAF strategic bombing during World War II against Ulm occurred on 17 December 1944, against the two large lorry factories of Magirus-Deutz and Kassbohrer, as well as other industries, barracks, and depots in Ulm.

Ulm experienced substantial growth in the decades following World War II, with the establishment of large new housing projects and new industrial zones.

In 1967, Ulm University was founded, which proved to be of great importance for the development of the city.

In 2007 the City of Ulm was awarded the European Energy Award for its remarkable local energy management and its efforts to combat climate change.

Ulm Minster has been fully powered by renewables since January 2008.

Ulm is situated at the crossroads of the A8 motorway, and the A7 motorway .

Ulm was the first area to be served by the Daimler AG's Car2Go carsharing service in 2008.

Ulm is the seat of the city's University of Applied Sciences, founded in 1960 as a public school of engineering.