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The district of Alb-Donau was established in 1973 by merging the former districts of Ulm andEhingen, some municipalities of the Münsingen district and the municipalities of Oberbalzheim and Unterbalzheim of the Biberach district.
The city ofUlm is surrounded by the district. It is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district, although it is not part of the district.
The district is named after theDanube River and theSwabian Jura 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 Jura 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, theIller River, forms the southeastern border of the Alb-Donau district, before it meets the Danube in Ulm.
The coat of arms is identical to the coat of arms of the former district of Ulm. The eagle was theheraldic animal of theFree Imperial City of Ulm. The shield displays the deer antlers ofWürttemberg and the red and white stripes of theAustrian county ofBurgau (which the southern parts of the district once belonged to).
