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Sontheim (full name: Sontheim an der Brenz) is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located northeast of Ulm, at the southern end of the Swabian Jura.
Sontheim | |
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 Church of Saint George | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Sontheim within Heidenheim district  | |
  Sontheim  Sontheim | |
| Coordinates: 48°33′25″N 10°17′3″E / 48.55694°N 10.28417°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Heidenheim |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–30) | Tobias Rief[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.92 km2 (11.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 445 m (1,460 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 5,897 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 89567 |
| Dialling codes | 07325 |
| Vehicle registration | HDH |
| Website | www.sontheim-brenz.de |
Neighboring municipalities
editSontheim 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 (Heidenheim District) in the west.
Villages
editSontheim 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
editThe town is twinned with:
References
edit- ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Sontheim an der Brenz 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
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