Windsbach

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Field	Value
type	Stadt
image_coa	DEU Windsbach COA.svg
image_photo	Windsbach Rathaus 2281.jpg
image_caption	Town hall
coordinates
image_plan	Windsbach in AN.svg
state	Bayern
region	Mittelfranken
district	Ansbach
elevation	383
area	68.12
postal_code	91575
area_code	09871, 09876 (Kitschendorf)
licence	AN, DKB, FEU, ROT
Gemeindeschlüssel	09 5 71 226
website	www.windsbach.de
mayor	Matthias Seitz
leader_term	2020–26
party	SPD
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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 on the river Franconian Rezat. The city's position is 20 km eastward of the district capital Ansbach and 40 km southwestern of Nuremberg. Beside the Franconian Rezat the Aurach, a tributary of the Rednitz 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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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: ::data[format=table] | Party || Seats | |---| | CSU / Engaged Citizens | | SPD / Independent Voters | | Voter-Alliance Hinterland of Windsbach | | Green Party | | Free Voters / Citizen Fraction of Windsbach (WBB) | ::

(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, 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 founded in 1946 and from 1978 to 2012 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:

References

[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.

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