Niederraunau

Niederraunau (Elevation 518 m) is in the valley of the little river Kammel two kilometres south of Krumbach in the natural region Lower Iller-Lech Gravel Plateau. The hills between the valleys of Kammel and the neighboring valleys of Günz and Mindel are covered with forest. Niederraunau has a station at the Mittelschwaben Railway and it is at the Bundesstraße 16.

• Between 1100 and 1200: Niederraunau was founded
• Between 1494 and 1495: the village got the right to hold a market
• 1613: the village was given a coat of arms
• After World War II: Niederraunau was the site of a post World War II American sector displaced person camp.[1]
• 1978: Niederraunau became a quarter of the town Krumbach; before this time the village was its own municipality.

Sights and attractions found in Niederraunau include:

• The castle of Schloss Niederraunau
• The church Hlgst. Dreifaltigkeit (mentioned in the year 1067; was at the beginning romanesque; between 1617 and 1629 the church got its current look)
• A penitence cross from the medieval era at the Bundesstraße 16
• The Ecce Homo Chapel

Companies and organizations based in Niederraunau include:

• FAIST Anlagenbau GmbH, a manufacturer of noise control facilities and aero-acoustic wind tunnel treatments
• Scheppach, a manufacturer of building machinery

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