Senden

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Coordinates: 48°19′N 10°04′E
Senden
Coat of arms of Senden Location of Senden in Germany

Country Germany
State Bavaria
Administrative region Swabia
District Neu-Ulm
Population 22,889 (December 31, 2003)
Area 25.17 km²
Population density 875 /km²
Elevation 520 m
Coordinates 48°19′ N 10°04′ E
Postal code 89250
Area code 07307
Licence plate code NU
Mayor Kurt Baiker
Website www.senden.de

The town of Senden is the second-largest town of the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria and is located at the border to Baden-Württemberg. The town belongs to the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund. Senden's neighbours are Neu-Ulm in the north, Weißenhorn in the west, Vöhringen in the south and Illerkirchberg in the west.

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[edit] Town parts

The town parts are Aufheim, Ay, Freudenegg, Hittistetten, Witzighausen and Wullenstetten

[edit] Politics

The Senden town council consists since the election of March 2002 of:

  • CSU: 12 seats
  • SPD: 7 seats
  • FWG: 7 seats
  • Greens: 2 seats
  • BISS: 2 seats.

[edit] Economics and infrastructure

[edit] Traffic

Senden lies at the Bundesstraße 28 and at the train line Ulm-Oberstdorf (Illertalbahn).

[edit] Companies

  • Möbel Inhofer

[edit] Education

[edit] Schools

[edit] Elementary- and Main schools

  • Elementary school Senden (Bürgermeister-Engelhart-Schule)
  • Elementary school Aufheim
  • Elementary school Ay
  • Elementary school Wullenstetten [1]
  • Main school Senden (Rektor-Werner-Ziegler-Schule) [2]

[edit] Vocational- and technical highschools

  • Urban economics school Senden [3]

[edit] Special schools

  • Lindenhof-school Senden, private promotion center for mental development [4]

[edit] Spare time- and sports centres

  • Ice skating rink
  • public lake- and indoor swimming pool
  • several bathing lakes
  • City park with Minigolf

[edit] Twin towns

[edit] Culture

Urban cultural events take mainly place in the 2002 opened "Bürgerhaus".

[edit] Music associations

  • "Dorfmusikanten Aufheim" (village musicians of Aufheim) with their youth band "Jungbläservereinigung Aufheim-Gerlenhofen-Illerzell" www.aufheim.de
  • "Musikvereinigung Senden-Ay-Oberkirchberg" (united musicians of Senden-Ay-Oberkirchberg) www.musikvereinigung.net
  • "Harmonia Wullenstetten" (harmony of Wullenstetten) www.mv-wullenstetten.de

[edit] Singing associations

  • Choir unity "Concordia" Ay (www.concordia-ay.de)
  • Choir unity "Frohsinn" Aufheim
  • Choir unity "Sängertreu" Senden
  • Choir unity Witzighausen-Hittistetten
  • Church choir Senden (protestantic)
  • Church choir Senden (catholic)

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