Donaueschingen is in this archive for its events: 1 published here, with their dates.
What this page is
This page gathers what Cultural Heritage Online documents in Donaueschingen, Germany: the entries are the ones already published, each with its own sources, its position and its photographs. It is the shortest way to everything we hold in the city, and it is updated as the archive grows.
Why visit
Donaueschingen is where the Brigach and the Breg meet, and that confluence at the eastern edge of the town is taken as the actual beginning of the Danube; since 2022 the town carries the official title Donauquellstadt. Josef Fiala, who died here on 31 July 1816, worked in the town's musical life, and the Donaueschinger Musiktage are the longest-standing festival for new music.
Origins and history
The counts of Fürstenberg held the county of Baar and Donaueschingen from 1283, when Rudolf of Habsburg enfeoffed Count Heinrich of Fürstenberg with them; in 1488 the place itself passed to the counts of Fürstenberg by purchase. The town lies on the Baar plateau between the eastern edge of the southern Black Forest and the Swabian Alb, in the valley of the Brigach. It was the seat of a district of its own until the reform of 1 January 1973, and has been a Große Kreisstadt since 1 July 1993.
Key facts
- Country: Germany
- Region: Baden-Württemberg
- Places in this archive: 0
- Centre of the documented entries: 47.9531°N, 8.5033°E
What is on in Donaueschingen
- Death Anniversary: Josef Fiala — July 31, 1816 — 31 July 2027
Sources
The dates and the titles above are our own record. The history on this page rests on the two sources listed.
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