DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk: Tübingen
Landkreis: Alb-Donau-Kreis

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Ehingen is situated on the Schmiech stream near its mouth into the river Danube. The first mention (Ehinga) is found in a document of AD 961. The new town was founded around 1230 by the Counts of Berg. The first mention of Ehingen's status of a free town dates from 1253. Ehingen came into possession of the house of Habsburg in 1343. For more than 400 years Ehingen remained part of Anterior Austria (see map). When Austria lost the war against Napoleon, Anterior Austria (see map) was ceased to the French allies accoring to the Peace Treaty of Pressburg (Bratislava) in 1805. Ehingen subsequently became part of the newly-founded Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806.

The  catholic parish church Sankt Blasius was built in the 15th century and incorporates some parts of an older church of the 14th century. The church was rebuilt in Baroque style between 1736 and 1758. The church tower, rebuilt in 1888, was restored in 1958.