Windsbach

Windsbach
Town hall Town hall
Coat of arms of Windsbach Coat of arms
Windsbach
Location of Windsbach within Ansbach district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Mittelfranken
District	Ansbach
Government
• Mayor	Matthias Seitz (SPD)
Area
• Total	68.17 km2 (26.32 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	6,057
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	91575
Dialling codes	09871, 09876 (Kitschendorf)
Vehicle registration	AN, DKB, FEU, ROT
Website	www.windsbach.de

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The Rezat river in Windsbach

Windsbach is a town in the district of Ansbach, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 20 km east of Ansbach, and 29 km southwest of Nuremberg.

Geography

Location

Windsbach is located in the Rangau area at the Franconian Rezat River. The city's position is 20 km eastward of the district capital Ansbach and 40 km southwestern of Nuremberg. Beside the Franconian Rezat River the Aurach, a side arm of the Rednitz River flows through the community area.

The following communities surround Windsbach (beginning north going clockwise direction): Rohr, Kammerstein, Abenberg, Spalt, Mitteleschenbach, Wolframs-Eschenbach, Lichtenau, Neuendettelsau and Heilsbronn.

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Kolbenstraße 52.

Suburbs

Windsbach consists out of 29 suburbs:

Bertholdsdorf Brunn Buckenmühle Elpersdorf Hergersbach Hölzleinsmühle Hopfenmühle Ismannsdorf Kettersbach Kitschendorf

Kugelmühle Lanzendorf Leipersloh Moosbach Neuses Retzendorf Sauernheim Schwalbenmühle Speckheim Suddersorf

Thonhof Untereschenbach Veitsaurach Waldhaus Wernsmühle Windsbach Winkelhaid Winterhof Wolfsau

Politics

• First mayor: Matthias Seitz (SPD)
• Second mayor: Norbert Kleinöder (Hinterland of Windsbach)
• Third mayor: Karl Schuler (SPD)

City Council

The City Council has (including the 1. Mayor) 21 members:

Party	Seats
CSU / Engaged Citizens	6
SPD / Independent Voters	6
Voter-Alliance Hinterland of Windsbach	4
Green Party	2
Free Voters / Citizen Fraction of Windsbach (WBB)	2

(Status: Municipal Elections of 2 March 2008)

Famous institutions

Windsbach is famous for its high school, the Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Gymnasium, which is named after the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. It is one of the best schools in Bavaria and teaches among other things modern languages (English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, e. g.), old languages (Latin, Old Greek), maths, physics and chemistry (of course there are much more standard subjects like history, geography, biology, religious education, P.E., art e.g.)

Windsbach is also the home of the Windsbach Boys Choir which was founded in 1946 and since 1978 under the direction of Karl-Friedrich Beringer. The choir is one of the most renowned boy's choirs of the world.

Memberships

Windsbach is member in the following institutions and organisations:

• German-American Society of West Middle Franconia e.V.
• Regional Community Alliance "kommA"

External links

• Windsbach official website
• Homepage of the Windsbach Boys Choir
• Homepage of the Music School of Windsbach
• Homepage of the Johann-Sebastian-Bach High School of Windsbach
• Homepage of the Windsbach Fire Department