Windsbach is a town in the district of Ansbach, in

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. It is situated 20 km east of

Ansbach Ansbach (; ; East Franconian: ''Anschba'') is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränkische Rezat, ...

, and 29 km southwest of

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

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

and 40 km southwestern of

. Beside the Franconian Rezat the Aurach, a tributary of the

Rednitz The Rednitz is a long river in Franconia, Germany, tributary of the Regnitz (more precisely: its southern, left headstream). The Rednitz is formed by the confluence of the rivers Franconian Rezat and Swabian Rezat, in Georgensgmünd ( district ...

flows through the community area. The following communities surround Windsbach (beginning north going clockwise direction): Rohr, Kammerstein, Abenberg,

Spalt Spalt ( Northern Bavarian: ''Schbåld'') is a town in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 19 km southwest of Schwabach. Spalt is famous for growing hops for brewing beer. Geography Spalt is situated between Nuremberg, ...

, Mitteleschenbach,

Wolframs-Eschenbach Wolframs-Eschenbach is a town in the district of Ansbach, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 14 km southeast of Ansbach, and 36 km southwest of Nuremberg. Wolframs-Eschenbach, formerly named ''"Eschenbach"'' and ''"Ober-Eschenbach"'', ...

, Lichtenau,

Neuendettelsau Neuendettelsau is a local authority in Middle Franconia, Germany. Neuendettelsau is situated 20 miles southwest of Nuremberg and 12 miles east of Ansbach. Since 1947 it has a Lutheran seminary ( ''Augustana Hochschule''). Diakonie Neuendettelsau ...

and

Heilsbronn Heilsbronn is a town in the Ansbach district of the Mittelfranken administrative region of Franconia, in the German state of Bavaria between Nuremberg and Ansbach, in the wooded valley of the Rangau. Its hallmark is the ''Katharinenturm'', a medi ...

Suburbs

Windsbach consists out of 29 suburbs:

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: (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 Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

. It is one of the best schools in Bavaria and teaches among other things modern languages (English, French, Italian, Russian, 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:
German-American Society of West Middle Franconia e.V.

Regional Community Alliance "kommA"

References

External links

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Homepage of the Windsbach Boys Choir

Homepage of the Music School of Windsbach

Homepage of the Johann-Sebastian-Bach High School of Windsbach

Homepage of the Windsbach Fire Department
{{Authority control Ansbach (district)