Facts in brief:
Located on the Danube river near mouth of Iller; thrived as medieval trading & textile manufacturing center; was member of Schmalkaldic League in Reformation; declined during religious wars 16-17th cen.; went to Bavaria 1802, to Wurttemberg in 1810.
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