Alb-Donau-Kreis named after the Danube River (German "Donau") and the Swabian Alb ("Schwäbische Alb") mountains. The Danube enters the district in the southwest, runs through the southern parts of the district and leaves eastwards to Ulm. North of the Danube banks the hills of the Swabian Alb rise. The hill chain extends from southwest to northeast parallel to the course of the Danube River and is continued on either side of the district. An affluent of the Danube, the Iller River, forms the southeastern border of the Alb-Donau district, before it meets the Danube in Ulm. The coat of arms is
Neuburg an der Donau Museum), a branch of the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Other main sights include the late Renaissance court church "Hofkirche" (1607/08 built by Josef Heintz), the Town Hall (1603/09), the rococo "Provinzialbibliothek" (Provincial Library, 1731/32) and the baroque churches of St. Peter (1641/46) and St. Ursula (1700/01). "Grünau" is a renaissance hunting lodge of Elector Otto Henry, which is situated 7 km further east (built from 1530 onwards). Neuburg an der Donau is twinned with: Neuburg an der Donau is linked with: Neuburg an der Donau was part of the 1998 summit of worldwide cities named "New Castle" with: <BR> Neuburg