Niederraunau

Niederraunau is a quarter of the town Krumbach in Günzburg (district), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany.

Niederraunau from northwest

Geography

Niederraunau (Elevation 518 m) is in the valley of the little river Kammel two kilometres south of Krumbach in the natural region Lower Iller-Lech Gravel Plateau. The hills between the valleys of Kammel and the neighboring valleys of Günz and Mindel are covered with forest. Niederraunau has a station at the Mittelschwaben Railway and it is at the Bundesstraße 16.

History
  • between 1100 and 1200: Niederraunau was founded
  • 1494–95: the village got the right to hold a market
  • 1613: the place got a coat of arms
  • after World War II: Niederraunau was the site of a post World War II American sector displaced person camp[1]
  • 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 its current look)
  • penitence cross from medieval times at the Bundesstraße 16
  • Ecce Homo Kapelle
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References
  1. Kaczmar, Olga. "German DP camps N". Retrieved 2009-08-20.

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