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      <amendmentNo>13</amendmentNo>
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      <dateOfEvent>09/28/2026</dateOfEvent>
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        <issuerName>DWS MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST</issuerName>
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          <com:street1>875 THIRD AVENUE</com:street1>
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          <personName>Paul Rasmussen</personName>
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            <com:street1>80 South 8th Street</com:street1>
            <com:street2>Suite 3300</com:street2>
            <com:city>Minneapolis</com:city>
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        <issuerName>DWS MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST</issuerName>
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        <commentText>This Amendment No. 13 ("Amendment") amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed on October 6, 2023, and amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on November 6, 2023, Amendment No. 2 filed on November 15, 2023, Amendment No. 3 filed on December 28, 2023, Amendment No. 4 filed on January 23, 2024, Amendment No. 5 filed on March 28, 2024, Amendment No. 6 filed on July 17, 2024, Amendment No. 7 filed on August 29, 2024, Amendment No. 8 filed on December 18, 2024, Amendment No. 9 filed on January 14, 2025, Amendment No. 10 filed on June 30, 2025, Amendment No. 11 filed on October 2, 2025, and Amendment No. 12 filed on May 31, 2026 (as amended, the "Original Schedule 13D" and, as amended by this Amendment, the "Schedule 13D"), relating to the shares of Common Stock ("Shares") of DWS Municipal Income Trust (the "Issuer").  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Original Schedule 13D.  Except as specifically provided herein, each Item of the Original Schedule 13D remains unchanged.</commentText>
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        <percentageOfClassSecurities>See responses on each cover page of this Schedule 13D for the aggregate number of Shares and percentages of the Shares beneficially owned by each of the Reporting Persons.  The aggregate percentage of Shares reported owned by Sit Entities herein is based upon 39,183,709 Shares outstanding as of May 31, 2026, which is the total number of Shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer's Form N-CSRS. </percentageOfClassSecurities>
        <numberOfShares>See responses on each cover page of this Schedule 13D for the number of Shares as to which each Reporting Person has the sole or shared power to vote or direct the vote and sole of shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition.  Each of the Sit Entities may be deemed to have shared power to vote and dispose of such Shares. However, none of SIA's or SFI's client accounts own more than 5% of the shares outstanding, and none of SIA's or SFI's directors or executive officers own shares directly. </numberOfShares>
        <transactionDesc>Transactions in Shares by the Sit Entities in the last 60 days are set forth in Exhibit A</transactionDesc>
        <listOfShareholders>The clients of SIA and SFI have the right to participate in the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sales of, the Shares held for their respective accounts.</listOfShareholders>
        <date5PercentOwnership>Not applicable.</date5PercentOwnership>
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        <filedExhibits>Exhibit A:  Schedule of Transactions</filedExhibits>
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          <signature>Paul Rasmussen</signature>
          <title>Paul Rasmussen Vice President</title>
          <date>09/29/2026</date>
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