Editing Ulm (section)

== Geography ==

[[File:Ulm Fußgängerzone.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|left|View from [[Ulm Minster]] towards Hirschstraße]]
Ulm lies at the point where the rivers [[Blau (Danube)|Blau]] and [[Iller]] join the [[Danube]], at an altitude of {{convert|479|m|2|abbr=on}} [[above sea level]]. Most parts of the city, including the old town, are situated on the northern bank of the Danube; only the districts of Wiblingen, Gögglingen, Donaustetten and Unterweiler lie on the southern bank. Across from the old town, on the other side of the river, lies the [[twin cities|twin city]] of [[Neu-Ulm]] in the state of [[Bavaria]], smaller than Ulm and, until 1810, a part of it (population c. 50,000).

Except for the Danube in the south, the city is surrounded by forests and hills which rise to altitudes of over {{convert|620|m|2|abbr=off}}, some of them part of the [[Swabian Alb]]. South of the Danube, plains and hills finally end in the northern edge of the [[Alps]], which are approximately {{convert|100|km|0|abbr=off}} from Ulm and are visible from the city on clear days.

The city of Ulm is situated in the northern part of the North Alpine [[Foreland basin]], where the basin reaches the [[Swabian Alb]]. The [[Turritellenplatte]] of Ermingen ("Erminger Turritellenplatte") is a famous palaeontological site of [[Burdigalian]] age.