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Donaueschingen
Donaueschingen
Location of the town of Donaueschingen within Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis district
Coordinates	47°57′11″N 8°30′12″E / 47.95306°N 8.50333°E / 47.95306; 8.50333Coordinates: 47°57′11″N 8°30′12″E / 47.95306°N 8.50333°E / 47.95306; 8.50333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Town subdivisions	Kernstadt und 7 Stadtteile
Lord Mayor	Thorsten Frei (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	104.63 km2 (40.40 sq mi)
Elevation	686 m  (2251 ft)
Population	21,128 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	202 /km2 (523 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	VS
Postal codes	78151–78168
Area code	0771
Website	www.donaueschingen.de

Donaueschingen is a German town in the Black Forest in the southwest of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar Kreis. It stands near the confluence of the two sources of the river Danube (in German: Donau;^[2] the town's name is an eponym).

Donaueschingen stands in a basin within low mountainous terrain. It is located about 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Villingen-Schwenningen, 24 km (15 mi) west of Tuttlingen, and about 30 km (19 mi) north of the Swiss town of Schaffhausen. In 2003, the population was 21,300 making it the second largest town in the district (Kreis) of Schwarzwald-Baar. The location of the town is favourable for its role as a regional rail hub.

Geography[link]

Donaueschingen lies in the Baar basin in the southern Black Forest at the confluence of the Brigach and Breg rivers— the two source tributaries of the Danube— from which the town gets its name.

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The town is close to Lake Titisee and less than an hour's drive from Switzerland and France.

History[link]

The town of Donaueschingen in 1827

Destruction after the August 1908 fire

Donaueschingen is first recorded as Esginga in 889; the modern form of the name is first attested in 1292.^[3] In 1283, Rudolph von Habsburg granted the principality of Baar and Donaueschingen to Heinrich von Fürstenberg. The right to brew beer was also connected with this grant. This is the source of the Royal Fürstenberg Brewery. In 1488, possession was passed to the Count of Fürstenberg-Baar. From the 18th Century it was the residence of the Princes of Fürstenberg. In 1806, Donaueschingen came under the rule of the Grand Duchy of Baden and was granted township in 1810. A large part of the town was destroyed by fire in 1908. Donaueschingen has a tradition as a military garrison; since World War II the French military has maintained barracks in the town, and, until the early 1990s, the U.S. Air Force operated a contingency hospital there. Fortunately the hospital never received casualties on a large scale from military operations; it saw the most activity in 1989, when the United States offered the facility as temporary housing for refugees leaving from East Germany to the West.

Though the Princes of Fürstenberg were nominally mediatised and deposed as absolute ruler of the principality, they still own huge property in their former lands, including their palace with the surrounding parks and gardens. The Schlosspark (palace gardens) which used to be public and the only park accessible to the citizens of the town since 1806 recently became off-limits again. The Princes of Fürstenberg were also the owners of an important manuscript of the Nibelungenlied (Manuscript C) until they sold it in 2001. The ancestral brewery has also been sold.

Government[link]

The results of the 2004 local elections are as follows:

Economy[link]

The town's economy consists of nearly 1,000 various enterprises, of which 24 are medium-sized employing 2,200 people. The most important industries are machine assembly, semiconductors, injection moulding, magnetics, dyes, and shoe manufacturing.

Transport[link]

Donaueschingen is a regional rail hub; four rail lines join in the town. It sits on the Schwarzwaldbahn line from Offenburg to Konstanz and it is the start of the Höllentalbahn (Schwarzwald) from Donaueschingen to Freiburg im Breisgau. Both of these lines are uniquely constructed because of the rough Black Forest terrain they cover. Donaueschingen is also the starting point for the Donautalbahn and the Bregtalbahn which run to Ulm and Bräunlingen respectively. The town is part of the Schwarzwald-Baar public transport system.

The town is on the A 864, a spur of the A 81 to Stuttgart. Three Federal Highways cross each other near Donaueschingen: the B 27 from Stuttgart to Schaffhausen; the B 31 from Freiburg im Breisgau to Lindau and the B 33 from Offenburg to Konstanz.

The long-distance Danube Cycle Trail begins in Donaueschingen and follows the course of the Danube. It is one of the most well-known and longest bicycle trails in Europe.

Education[link]

The town has four secondary schools: the Fürstenberg-Gymnasium and the Wirtschaftsgymnasium, one Realschule, and one Hauptschule. There are four elementary schools associated with these schools: Eichendorffschule, Erich-Kästner-Schule, Grundschule Pfohren, and the Grundschule Wolterdingen. There are two special-needs schools: the Heinrich-Feuerstein-Schule and the Karl-Wacker-Schule.

There are two professional training schools: the Donaueschingen Commercial School and the Business and Home Economics Schools. There is also the Nursing College and the College for Agriculture. The Academy for Further Education and Personal Development is located in the former district hospital.

Cultural Events[link]

The Donaueschingen Festival for contemporary music ("Donaueschinger Musiktage). Founded in 1921, the world's oldest festival for New music takes place every year in October. Guest composers have included Paul Hindemith, Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez, Elliott Carter, John Cage, and György Ligeti.

Partner Cities[link]

Donaueschingen has partnerships with the following cities:

• Kaminoyama, Japan (since 1995)
• Saverne, France (since 1964)
• Vác, Hungary (since 1993)

Sons and daughters of Donaueschingen[link]

• Anselm Kiefer (* 1945) – German painter and sculptor

Gallery[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Donaueschingen

• Homepage for Donaueschingen
• (German) Information about the Donaueschingen region
• Sport in Donaueschingen

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Notes and references[link]

Atsuto Uchida
内田篤人

Personal information
Full name	Atsuto Uchida
Date of birth	(1988-03-27) 27 March 1988 (age 24)
Place of birth	Kannami, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Schalke 04
Number	22
Youth career
2003–2005	Shimizu Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2010	Kashima Antlers	124	(3)
2010–	Schalke 04	44	(0)
National team‡
2005–2007	Japan U20	12	(0)
2007–2008	Japan U23	8	(0)
2008–	Japan	47	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:34, 07 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 May 2012

Atsuto Uchida (内田 篤人, Uchida Atsuto^?, born March 27, 1988) is a Japanese footballer, who currently plays for Schalke 04.

Club career[link]

Uchida was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School prior to joining the Kashima Antlers in 2006.^[1] On 5 March 2006, he debuted for Kashima at the age of 17 in the season-opener against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, since which he has remained a fixture in the starting eleven. His first goal as a professional footballer came on 21 March 2006 when he scored against Ventforet Kofu. He was also selected by popular vote to play in the 2006 J. League All-Star Soccer game. On 13 June 2010, German club FC Schalke 04 announced that they had signed the Japanese international to a three-year contract.^[2] On 13 April 2011 he became the first Japanese footballer to play for a team that reached the semi-finals of the Champion's League.

International career[link]

Uchida playing for Japan

He represented Japan at several underage levels. He was part of the Japan team for the 2006 AFC Youth Championship finals hosted by India and Japan finished runners-up. He also took part in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals hosted by Canada.

In 2006, he received an international call-up from national coach Ivica Osim but did not play any game. He finally made a full international debut for Japan on January 26, 2008 in a friendly against Chile at National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. This was the first match under the reign of new manager Takeshi Okada. On February 6, 2008 he played 90 minutes for Japan in a 4-1 win against Thailand and became the first teenage Japanese footballer to play FIFA World Cup qualification after the establishment of the J. League in 1993. On June 22, 2008 he scored the winner in a 1–0 win against Bahrain.^[3] It was his first international goal and he became the youngest Japanese goalscorer in FIFA World Cup qualification at age 20 years and 87 days, beating an 11-year-old record that was held by Hidetoshi Nakata.

He was a member of the Japan team for the 2008 Summer Olympics finals.^[4]

Career statistics[link]

Club[link]

Statistics accurate as of 07 May 2011.^[5][6][7]

¹Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.

²Includes J. League Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League qualification.

⁴Includes Japanese Super Cup and DFL-Supercup.

International[link]

As of 6 September 2011.

International goals[link]

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

Senior team[link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 June 2008	Saitama Stadium, Saitama	Bahrain	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Appearances in major competitions[link]

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
Japan	2006 AFC Youth Championship qualification	U-18	2	0	0	Qualified
Japan	2006 AFC Youth Championship	U-19	6	0	0	2nd place
Japan	2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup	U-20	4	0	0	Round of 16
Japan	2008 Summer Olympics qualification	U-22	4	0	0	Qualified
Japan	2008 Summer Olympics	U-23	2	0	0	Round 1
Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	7	0	1	Qualified
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	2	0	0	Qualified
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	5	0	0	Champions

Awards and honours[link]

Club[link]

Kashima Antlers

• J. League Division 1 (3): 2007, 2008, 2009
• Emperor's Cup (1): 2007
• Japanese Super Cup (2): 2009, 2010

FC Schalke 04

• DFB-Pokal (1): 2010–11
• DFL-Supercup (1): 2011

Japan[link]

• AFC Asian Cup (1): 2011

Individual[link]

• J. League Best Eleven (2): 2008, 2009

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Atsuto Uchida – FIFA competition record
• Atsuto Uchida at National-Football-Teams.com
• Atsuto Uchida at Fussballdaten.de (German)

Japan Squad v t e Japan squad – 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup 1 Hayashi 2 Uchida 3 Yasuda 4 Fukumoto 5 Makino 6 Morishige 7 Umesaki 8 Tanaka 9 Kawahara 10 Kashiwagi 11 Havenaar 12 Morishima 13 Yanagawa 14 Aoki 15 Aoyama 16 Fujita 17 Ota 18 Takeda 19 Hirashige 20 Kagawa 21 Kirihata Coach: Yoshida v t e Japan squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Nishikawa 2 Hosogai 3 Yoshida 4 Mizumoto 5 Nagatomo 6 Morishige 7 Uchida 8 K. Honda 9 Toyoda 10 Kajiyama 11 Okazaki 12 Taniguchi 13 Yasuda 14 Kagawa 15 Morimoto 16 T. Honda 17 Lee 18 Yamamoto Coach: Sorimachi v t e Japan squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Narazaki 2 Abe 3 Komano 4 Túlio 5 Nagatomo 6 Uchida 7 Endo 8 Matsui 9 Okazaki 10 S. Nakamura 11 Tamada 12 Yano 13 Iwamasa 14 K. Nakamura 15 Konno 16 Ōkubo 17 Hasebe 18 Honda 19 Morimoto 20 Inamoto 21 Kawashima 22 Nakazawa 23 Kawaguchi (c) Coach: Okada v t e Japan squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup Champions (4th Title) 1 Kawashima 2 Inoha 3 Iwamasa 4 Konno 5 Nagatomo 6 Uchida 7 Endō 8 Matsui 9 Okazaki 10 Kagawa 11 Maeda 12 Moriwaki 13 Hosogai 14 Fujimoto 15 T. Honda 16 Kashiwagi 17 Hasebe (c) 18 K. Honda 19 Lee 20 Nagata 21 Nishikawa 22 Yoshida 23 Gonda Coach: Zaccheroni