Sontheim (full name: Sontheim an der Brenz) is a municipality in the
district of Heidenheim in
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 ...
in southern
Germany
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. It is located northeast of
Ulm
Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...
, at the southern end of the
Swabian Jura.
Neighboring municipalities
Sontheim shares borders with the following towns and villages:
Hermaringen (Heidenheim District) in the north,
Bächingen an der Brenz (Dillingen District, Bavaria) in the east and the south, as well as
Niederstotzingen
Niederstotzingen () is a small city in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated 17 km southeast of Heidenheim, and 24 km northeast of Ulm. The city consists of four sections or villages; Ni ...
(Heidenheim District) in the west.
Villages
Sontheim an der Brenz consists of the main community Sontheim and the villages of
Brenz and Bergenweiler. Brenz and Bergenweiler became part of Sontheim during Baden-Württemberg's last district reform in the 1970s.
Twin towns
The town is twinned with:
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Saint-Valery-en-Caux
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Geography
The town is locat ...
,
France
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References
Heidenheim (district)
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