Blaubeuren

Blaubeuren is a city within the district of Alb-Donau near Ulm in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Blaubeuren is the seat of the church district Blaubeuren of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg. The Roman Catholic church Maria Heimsuchung is located in Blaubeuren and has a branch church in Gerhausen. The New Apostolic Church additionally has here a municipality. The Muslim community in Blaubeuren is basically Turkish dominated, originated via the migration of employees for the reason that early 60s from Turkey. Near the Blautopf lies the in 1085 founded former monastery Blaubeuren.

Blaubeuren also has an old metropolis with many 1/2-timbered homes. In 1926 the "Ruckenkreuz" changed into erected on a rocky mountain, an 8.4-metre tall memorial cross made from reinforced concrete with a span of 2.8 metres, which commemorates the fallen of the First World War. The "Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren" displays archaeological findings, consisting of the Venus of Hohle Fels, the earliest recognised undisputed instance of a depiction of a person in prehistoric art. Scientific findings, experimental archeology and current museum training may be discovered under one roof.