Sontheim (full name: Sontheim an der Brenz) is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in

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in southern

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. It is located northeast of

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, at the southern end of the

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Neighboring municipalities

Sontheim shares borders with the following towns and villages:

Hermaringen Hermaringen is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Hermaringen is known as the birthplace of Georg Elser, who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 Apri ...

(Heidenheim District) in the north,

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(Dillingen District, Bavaria) in the east and the south, as well as Niederstotzingen (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: * Saint-Valery-en-Caux,

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References

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