Type: | Stadt |
Image Coa: | DEU Neresheim COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 48.7542°N 10.3344°W |
Image Plan: | Neresheim in AA.svg |
State: | Baden-Württemberg |
Region: | Stuttgart |
District: | Ostalbkreis |
Elevation: | 503 |
Area: | 118.52 |
Postal Code: | 73450 |
Area Code: | 07326, Elchingen 07367 |
Licence: | AA |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 08 1 36 045 |
Divisions: | 6 Stadtteile |
Website: | www.neresheim.de |
Mayor: | Thomas Häfele[1] |
Leader Term: | 2017 - 25 |
Neresheim is a town in the Ostalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 16km (10miles) northeast of Heidenheim, and 20km (10miles) southeast of Aalen.It's the home of the Neresheim Abbey, which still hosts monks, was Reichsfrei until the German Mediatisation and was built by Balthasar Neumann. Another notable touristic attraction is the heritage railway Härtsfeldbahn.
Neresheim is listed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, along with 95 other sites of battles won by the French army.[2]