DILLINGEN, a town of Germany, in the Land of Bavaria, on the left bank of the Danube, 25 m. N.E. from Ulm by rail. Pop. (1925), 6,091. Dillingen became the residence of the bishops of Augsburg; was taken by the Swedes in 1632 and 1648, by the Austrians in 1702, and on June 17, 1800 by the French. In 1803 it passed to Bavaria. Its principal buildings are an old palace of the bishops of Augsburg, now Government offices, a royal gymna sium, a Capuchin monastery and a Franciscan convent. The uni versity, founded in 1549, was abolished in 1804. The inhabitants are engaged chiefly in cattle-rearing and the cultivation of corn, hops and fruit. In the vicinity is the Karolinen canal, which cuts off a bend in the Danube between Lauingen and Dillingen.