Mindelheim
Mindelheim | |
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Marian Square | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Mindelheim within Unterallgäu district | |
Mindelheim Mindelheim | |
| Coordinates: 48°02′N 10°28′E / 48.033°N 10.467°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Swabia |
| District | Unterallgäu |
| Subdivisions | 7 Stadtteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Stephan Winter[1] (CSU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 56.44 km2 (21.79 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 607 m (1,991 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 15,531 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 87711–87719 |
| Dialling codes | 08261 |
| Vehicle registration | MN |
| Website | www.mindelheim.de |
Mindelheim (German: [ˈmɪndl̩ˌhaɪ̯m] (listen)) is a town in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The town is the capital of Unterallgäu.
Geography
Mindelheim is on the river Mindel, about 90 kilometres (56 miles) west of the Bavarian capital of Munich. Other towns nearby are Memmingen or the health resorts of Bad Grönenbach, Ottobeuren or Bad Wörishofen.
Mindelheim is close to the Autobahn 96 leading from Munich to Lindau. Furthermore, Mindelheim station is on the Buchloe–Memmingen railway, which connects to Zürich via Memmingen and Lindau and to Munich via Buchloe, and the Central Swabian Railway (Mittelschwabenbahn), which connects to Günzburg via Krumbach.
Twin towns and cities
Mindelheim is twinned with several European towns:[3]
- Bourg-de-Péage, France, since 1961
- East Grinstead, United Kingdom, since 1994
- Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, since 1994
- Schwaz, Austria, since 1990
- Tramin, Italy, since 1994
- Verbania, Italy, since 1994
References
- Official website (in German)
- ↑ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ↑ "Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke in Bayern, Einwohnerzahlen am 31. Dezember 2024; Basis Zensus 2022" [Municipalities, counties, and administrative districts in Bavaria; Based on the 2022 Census] (CSV) (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik.
- ↑ Twin towns Archived 2006-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
Related pages
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- Principality of Mindelheim