The

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

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 states of Germany, 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 i ...

. The town belongs to the

Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund The Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund (German for ''Danube-Iller Local Transport Association'', abbreviated DING, the German word for ''thing'') is a regional transport cooperative that coordinates tickets and fares among all transport operators in ...

. Senden's neighbours are

Neu-Ulm Neu-Ulm (, ; Swabian: ''Nej-Ulm'') is the seat 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 Decembe ...

in the north,

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in the east, Vöhringen in the south and

Illerkirchberg Illerkirchberg is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Unterkirchberg (Lower Kirchberg) had a Roman castrum built around 40 AD as part of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes to secure the street along the south sh ...

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: *

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: 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

Bundesstraße 28 Bundesstraße 28 or B 28 is a German federal road. The road runs west through Baden-Württemberg from the eastern terminus of the French route nationale 4 in Strasbourg, after crossing the Rhine river in Kehl, to Senden in Bavaria, where it te ...

and at the train line

Ulm Ulm () is the sixth-largest city of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with around 129,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 60th-largest city. Ulm is located on the eastern edges of the Swabian Jura mountain range, on the up ...

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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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). *

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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 ...

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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)