Türkheim is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the district of

Unterallgäu Unterallgäu (, ) is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Neu-Ulm, Günzburg, Augsburg, Ostallgäu, Oberallgäu, and the districts Ravensburg und Biberach in Baden-Württ ...

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. The neighboring places of Türkheim are Ettringen, Berg, Rammingen, Irsingen,

Wiedergeltingen Wiedergeltingen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. The town has a municipal association with Türkheim Türkheim is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany Germany, offici ...

and Amberg. The administrative collectivity of Türkheim administrate Türkheim and Irsingen. The town is seat of a

municipal association A municipal association, also called municipal league or local government association, is an organization made of municipal governments. They perform advocacy to higher-level governments. They also provide various public services more cheaply tha ...

with

Amberg Amberg () is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Upper Palatinate about halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth. History The town was first mentioned in 1034 with the name Ammenberg. It became an important trading c ...

, Rammingen and Wiedergeltingen. Educational facilities in the municipality include

Joseph-Bernhart-Gymnasium The Joseph-Bernhart-Gymnasium (JBG) is a Gymnasium in Türkheim, Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, l ...

. A subcamp of the

Dachau concentration camp Dachau (, ; , ; ) was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest-running one, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents, which consisted of communists, s ...

was once situated here.The Holocaust in the Landsberg area- Citizens´ Association "Landsberg in the 20th Century" (English)
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* Unterallgäu {{Unterallgäu-geo-stub