Bad Windsheim

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Bad Windsheim
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Coat of arms of Bad Windsheim
Bad Windsheim is located in Germany
Bad Windsheim
Coordinates 49°30′N 10°25′E / 49.5°N 10.41667°E / 49.5; 10.41667Coordinates: 49°30′N 10°25′E / 49.5°N 10.41667°E / 49.5; 10.41667
Administration
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Middle Franconia
District Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim
Town subdivisions 10 Ortsteile
Mayor Ralf Ledertheil (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 78.26 km2 (30.22 sq mi)
Elevation 321 m  (1053 ft)
Population 11,814 (31 December 2011)[1]
 - Density 151 /km2 (391 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate NEA
Postal code 91438
Area code 09841
Website www.bad-windsheim.de
Imperial City of Windsheim
Reichsstadt Windsheim
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
← Bishopric of Würzburg
 1248–1802 →
Capital Windsheim
Government Republic
Historical era Middle Ages
 - City founded before 741
 - Gained Reichsfreiheit 1248
 - Political alliance
    with Nuremberg		  
1344
 - Mediatised to Bavaria 1802
 - Renamed Bad Windsheim 1961

Bad Windsheim is a small historic city in Bavaria, Germany. It lies in the district Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, west of Nuremberg.

A document from 741 proves for the first time the existence of the town, then called 'Uuinidesheim'. The name changed to 'Windsheim' by linguistic development, meaning 'The home of the wind'. Nowadays, the town is known for its waters and spa, Franken-Therme, and an open-air museum, the Freilandmuseum, which brings together old farms and farmhouses from the area to explore. On the first weekend in August every year Bad Windsheim is the location for an event called 'Weinturm Open Air', a concert on the top of a hill in the town. The town is also known for its war memorial in the form of a large statue of Roland.

[edit] Towns of Neustadt an der Aisch

  • Bad Windsheim
  • Burgbernheim
  • Neustadt an der Aisch
  • Scheinfeld
  • Uffenheim

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2011. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2011&endjahr=2011. 

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