City of Ingolstadt

Home to the 2014 German ice hockey champions, the birthplace of automotive revolutions, a hub of soccer excellence, an educational stronghold, a shopping and nature paradise… The diverse heart of Bavaria has a name: Ingolstadt.

Panoramabild Ingolstadt ©IFG Ingolstadt/Schalles
  • 138,716 residents

  • 133 km²

  • 1,040 inhabitants per km²

  • A9, B13, B16, B16a, and B300

  • 10 km from IN-Manching Business Airport, 70 km from Munich, 95 km from Nuremberg

  • ICE connection: 30 min to Munich or Nuremberg

  • Beer: Enactment of the German Purity Law of 1516

  • Specialties from regional breweries

  • First state university in Bavaria (1472)

  • THI and WFI are among Germany’s most prestigious universities

  • More than 40 schools

  • Centrally located in the heart of Bavaria

  • A major city in the Danube floodplains

  • Center of the Central Bavarian region

  • Audi Summer Concerts

  • Jazz Days

  • State Garden Show 2021

  • A hub for the automotive industry and innovation

  • Germany’s strongest economic city

  • “Boomtown”: sustained population and economic growth

  • Ingolstadt Village Outlet

  • Bavarian State Fortress and Ingolstadt Castle

  • The setting for the Frankenstein saga

Contact person

  • Prof. Dr. Georg Rosenfeld
    Director of Economic Development and Digitalization,
    IFG Ingolstadt AöR
    Tel.: +49 841 305-3200,
    Email: georg.rosenfeld@ingolstadt.de

  • Maike Weiland
    Head of the Economic Development and Corporate Communications Department,
    IFG Ingolstadt AöR
    Tel.: +49 841 305-3010
    Email: maike.weiland@ingolstadt.de

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Scenes from the City of Ingolstadt

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Ingolstädter Bier- und Herzogsfest ©Stadt Ingolstadt / Wolfgang Friedl
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Rathausplatz Ingolstadt ©IFG Ingolstadt
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Das Reinheitsgebot wurde 1516 in Ingolstadt verkündet ©Stadt Ingolstadt / Bernd Betz
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Klenzepark Ingolstadt ©Ingolstadt Tourismus und Kongress GmbH / Kraus
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Güterverkehrszentrum Ingolstadt ©IFG Ingolstadt / Schalles