Windsbach

Windsbach
Windsbach
Town
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Windsbach within Ansbach district
	Windsbach Windsbach
	Coordinates: 49°15′N 10°49′E / 49.250°N 10.817°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 (2024-12-31)
• Total	6,114
• Density	90/km2 (230/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

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.

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