The

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

of Senden is the second-largest town of the district of Neu-Ulm in

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and is located at the border to

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

. The town belongs to the

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. Senden's neighbours are

Neu-Ulm Neu-Ulm (Swabian: ''Nej-Ulm'') is the capital of the Neu-Ulm district and a town in Swabia, Bavaria. Neighbouring towns include Ulm, Senden, Pfaffenhofen an der Roth, Holzheim, Nersingen and Elchingen. The population is 58,978 (31 December ...

in the north,

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in the east, Vöhringen in the south and Illerkirchberg in the west.

Town parts

The town parts are Aufheim, Ay, Freudenegg, Hittistetten, Witzighausen and Wullenstetten

Politics

The Senden town council consists since the election of 2014 of: * CSU: 11 seats *

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: 5 seats * FWG: 6 seats * Greens: 4 seats * BISS: 4 seats

Economics and infrastructure

Traffic

Senden lies at the

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and at the train line

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( Illertalbahn).

Companies

* Möbel Inhofer

Education

Schools

Elementary- and Main schools

* Elementary school Senden (Bürgermeister-Engelhart-Schule) * Elementary school Aufheim * Elementary school Ay * Elementary school Wullenstetten * Main school Senden (Rektor-Werner-Ziegler-Schule)

Vocational- and technical highschools

* Urban economics school Senden

Special schools

* Lindenhof-school Senden, private promotion center for mental development

Spare time- and sports centres

* Ice skating rink * public lake- and indoor swimming pool * several bathing lakes * City park with

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International relations

Senden is twinned with: *

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). *

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Senden The town of Senden is the second-largest town of the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria and is located at the border to Baden-Württemberg. The town belongs to the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund. Senden's neighbours are Neu-Ulm in the north, Weiße ...

North Rhine Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabi ...

Culture

Urban cultural events take mainly place in the 2002 opened "Bürgerhaus".

Music associations

* "Dorfmusikanten Aufheim" (village musicians of Aufheim) with their youth band "WITA" * "Musikvereinigung Senden-Ay-Oberkirchberg" (united musicians of Senden-Ay-Oberkirchberg
www.musikvereinigung.net
* "Harmonia Wullenstetten" (harmony of Wullenstetten)

Singing associations

* Choir unity "Concordia" Aywww.concordia-ay.de
/ref> * Choir unity "Frohsinn" Aufheim * Choir unity "Sängertreu" Senden * Choir unity Witzighausen-Hittistetten * Church choir Senden (protestantic) * Church choir Senden (catholic)

References

External links

*
www.aufheim.com

www.wullenstetten.de
{{Authority control Neu-Ulm (district)