Kempten is located in the Aallgäu province in the foothills of the Alps and is the economic and cultural centre of the province, specializing in leisure and tourism.
<p>The city has a two-thousand-year history. It was mentioned by the Greek geographer Strabo as a Celtic city called Kambodounon . ,Here, on the right Bank of the Iller, the Romans founded the settlement of Cambodunum, which became, along with Augustus Vindelikorum (Augsburg) and Castra Regina (Regensburg) one of the most significant cities of the Roman province of Razia
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In 1289 the city received the rights of a free city
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