Editing Ulm (section)

{{Short description|City in Baden-Württemberg, Germany}}
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{{Infobox German place
|Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister
|Gemeindeschlüssel  = 08 4 21 000
|type               = Stadt
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image
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  | border           = infobox
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  | caption_align    = center
  | image1           = Ulm Panorama 01.jpg
  | caption1         = Ulm on the banks of the [[Danube]]
  | image2           = Ulm Münster NW 2011 08 30.JPG
  | caption2         = [[Ulm Minster]]
  | image3           = Rathaus Ulma.jpg
  | caption3         = city hall
  | image4           = Winter scene with Ulmer Münster.jpg
  | caption4         = wintry Ulm
  | image5           = Ulmer Münster Rooftop.jpg
  | caption5         = view from the minster
  | image6           = Kloster Wiblingen Bibliothekssaal 01.jpg
  | caption6         = [[Wiblingen Abbey]]
  | image7           = Fischerviertel winter scene.jpg
  | caption7         = Fishermen's Quarter
  }}
|image_flag         = Flag of Ulm.svg
|image_coa          = DEU Ulm COA.svg
|coordinates        = {{coord|48|24|N|09|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan         =
|state              = Baden-Württemberg
|region             = Tübingen
|district           = urban
|elevation          = 478
|area               = 118.69
|postal_code        = 89073–89081
|area_code          = 0731, 07304,<br />07305, 07346
|licence            = UL
|divisions          = 18 {{lang|de|[[Stadtteil]]e}}
|website            = [http://www.ulm.de/ www.ulm.de]
|mayor              = [[Martin Ansbacher]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ulm.de/aktuelle-meldungen/z%C3%B6a/februar-2024/amtseinfuehrung-2024-02|title=Martin Ansbacher im Amt als Oberbürgermeister|first=Stadt|last=Ulm|date=29 February 2024|website=Stadt Ulm - Martin Ansbacher im Amt als Oberbürgermeister}}</ref>
|leader_term        = 2024&ndash;32
|party              = SPD
|year_of_first_mention = 854 CE
}}

'''Ulm''' ({{IPA|de|ʊlm|-|De-Ulm.ogg}}) is the sixth-largest city of the southwestern German [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Baden-Württemberg]], and with around 129,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's [[List of cities in Germany by population|60th-largest city]].

Ulm is located on the eastern edges of the [[Swabian Jura]] mountain range, on the upper course of the [[River Danube]], at the confluence with the small [[Blau (Danube)|Blau Stream]], coming from the [[Blautopf]] in the west. The mouth of the [[Iller]] also falls within Ulm's city limits. The Danube forms the border with [[Bavaria]], where Ulm's twin city [[Neu-Ulm]] lies. The city was part of Ulm until 1810, and Ulm and Neu-Ulm have a combined population of around 190,000. Ulm forms an urban district of its own (''Stadtkreis Ulm''), and is the administrative seat of the [[Alb-Donau-Kreis]], the district that surrounds it on three sides, but which the city itself is not a part of. Ulm is the overall 11th-largest [[List of cities and towns on the river Danube|city on the river Danube]], and the third-largest German Danubian city after [[Regensburg]] and [[Ingolstadt]].

Founded around 850, Ulm is rich in history and traditions as a former [[free imperial city]]. Ulm is an economic centre due to its varied industries, and is the seat of the [[University of Ulm]] (''Universität Ulm''), and of the Ulm University of Applied Sciences (''{{ill|Technische Hochschule Ulm|de}}'', THU). The city lies on the international railway corridor "[[Main Line for Europe]]", from [[Paris]] to [[Bratislava]] and [[Budapest]], via [[Strasbourg]], [[Karlsruhe]], [[Stuttgart]], Ulm, [[Augsburg]], [[Munich]], [[Salzburg]], [[Linz]] and [[Vienna]]. The [[Ulm Minster]] (''Ulmer Münster'') is the tallest church in the world ({{convert|161.53|m|abbr=on|2|disp=or}}).

In 1927, the then tiny village of Wiblingen was incorporated into Ulm, which led to that [[Wiblingen Abbey]] with its monastic library and its True Cross reliquary (''Heilig-Kreuz-Reliquie''), that allegedly contains wood particles from the [[True Cross]], is now part of Ulm.

Famous personalities born in Ulm include {{ill|Johann Georg Niederegger|de}} (1777–1859), {{ill|Karl Heinrich Kässbohrer|de}} (1864–1922), [[Albert Einstein]] (1879–1955), [[Otto Kässbohrer]] (1904–1989) and [[Hildegard Knef]] (1925–2002).