Windsbach

Windsbach
Town
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Windsbach within Ansbach district
Windsbach Windsbach
Coordinates: 49°15′N 10°49′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Middle Franconia
District	Ansbach
Government
• Mayor	Matthias Seitz (SPD)
Area
• Total	68.17 km2 (26.32 sq mi)
Elevation	383 m (1,257 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	6,225
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	91575
Dialling codes	09871, 09876 (Kitschendorf)
Vehicle registration	AN, DKB, FEU, ROT
Website	www.windsbach.de

The Rezat river in Windsbach

Windsbach (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪnt͡sˌbax] (listen)) is a town in Ansbach, a district (Landkreis) in Middle Franconia. It is 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of Ansbach, and 29 kilometres (18 miles) southwest of Nuremberg.

Geography

Location

Windsbach is in the Rangau area at the Franconian Rezat River. The city's position is 20 kilometres (12 miles) eastward of the district capital Ansbach and 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwestern of Nuremberg. Beside the Franconian Rezat River the Aurach, a side arm of the Rednitz River flows through the community area.

The following communities surround Windsbach (beginning north going clockwise direction): Rohr, Kammerstein, Abenberg, Spalt, Mitteleschenbach, Wolframs-Eschenbach, Lichtenau, Neuendettelsau and Heilsbronn.

Kolbenstraße 52.

Suburbs

Windsbach consists out of 29 suburbs:

Bertholdsdorf Brunn Buckenmühle Elpersdorf Hergersbach Hölzleinsmühle Hopfenmühle Ismannsdorf Kettersbach Kitschendorf

Kugelmühle Lanzendorf Leipersloh Moosbach Neuses Retzendorf Sauernheim Schwalbenmühle Speckheim Suddersorf

Thonhof Untereschenbach Veitsaurach Waldhaus Wernsmühle Windsbach Winkelhaid Winterhof Wolfsau

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:

Party	Seats
CSU / Engaged Citizens	6
SPD / Independent Voters	6
Voter-Alliance Hinterland of Windsbach	4
Green Party	2
Free Voters / Citizen Fraction of Windsbach (WBB)	2

(Status: Municipal Elections of 2 March 2008)

Memberships

Windsbach is member in the following institutions and organisations:

• German-American Society of West Middle Franconia e.V.
• Regional Community Alliance "kommA" Archived 2016-10-30 at the Wayback Machine

Other websites

Media related to Windsbach at Wikimedia Commons

• 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