Bad Windsheim

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Bad Windsheim
Coat of arms	Location

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 (30.2 sq mi)
Elevation	321 m (1053 ft)
Population	12,061 (31/12/2006)
- Density	154 /km² (399 /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 Coordinates: 49°30′00″N 10°25′00″E / 49.5, 10.416667

Reichsstadt Windsheim
Imperial City of Windsheim

Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire

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1248 – 1802

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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 (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, west of Nuremberg. A document from 741 proofs for the first time the existence of town called 'Uuinidesheim'. The name changed to 'Windsheim' by linguistic development and means something equal to 'To the home of Winid'. 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 the a hill of the town. The town is also known for its war memorial in the form of a large statue of Roland.

[edit] External links

Bad Windsheim official website (German)
Weinturm Open Air official website (German)
Fränkisches Freilandmuseum official website (German)
Frankentherme Bad Windsheim official website (German)

v • d • e Holy Roman Empire — Franconian Circle (1500–1806)

Bench of Ecclesiastical Princes	Bamberg \| Eichstädt \| Mergentheim \| Würzburg

Bench of Secular Princes	Ansbach \| Bayreuth \| Henneberg-Römhild \| Henneberg-Schleusingen \| Henneberg-Schmalkalden \| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg \| Löwenstein-Wertheim \| Schwarzenberg

Bench of Counts and Lords	Castell \| Erbach \| Hausen \| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein \| Limpurg-Gaildorf \| Limpurg-Speckfeld \| Reichelsberg \| Rieneck \| Seinsheim \| Welzheim \| Wertheim \| Wiesentheid

Bench of Cities	Nuremberg \| Rothenburg \| Schweinfurt \| Weißenburg \| Windsheim

v • d • e Free Imperial Cities of the Holy Roman Empire

Free Imperial Cities as of 1792	Aachen · Aalen · Augsburg · Biberach · Bopfingen · Bremen¹ · Buchau · Buchhorn · Cologne¹ · Dinkelsbühl · Dortmund¹ · Esslingen · Frankfurt · Friedberg · Gengenbach · Giengen · Goslar¹ · Hamburg¹ · Heilbronn · Isny · Kaufbeuren · Kempten · Leutkirch · Lindau · Lübeck¹ · Memmingen · Mühlhausen · Mülhausen² ³ · Nordhausen · Nördlingen · Nuremberg · Offenburg · Pfullendorf · Ravensburg · Regensburg · Reutlingen · Rothenburg · Rottweil³ · Schwäbisch Gmünd · Schwäbisch Hall · Schweinfurt · Speyer · Überlingen · Ulm · Wangen · Weil · Weißenburg · Wetzlar · Wimpfen · Windsheim · Worms · Zell	Free Imperial Cities as at 1648

Cities that lost their Reichsfreiheit before 1792 or gained independence from the Empire	Basel³ · Berne³ · Besançon · Brakel · Cambrai · Diessenhofen · Donauwörth · Duisburg · Düren · Gelnhausen · Hagenau² · Herford · Kolmar² · Kaysersberg² · Konstanz · Landau² · Lemgo · Lucerne³ · Mainz · Metz · Munster² · Obernai² · Pfeddersheim · Rheinfelden · Rosheim² · St. Gallen³ · Sarrebourg · Schaffhausen³ · Schmalkalden · Schlettstadt² · Soest¹ · Solothurn³ · Strassburg · Toul · Turckheim² · Verden · Verdun · Warburg · Wissembourg² · Zurich³

¹ indicates members of the Hanseatic League ² members of the Décapole ³ members and associates of the Swiss Confederacy

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim

Bad Windsheim \| Baudenbach \| Burgbernheim \| Burghaslach \| Dachsbach \| Diespeck \| Dietersheim \| Emskirchen \| Ergersheim \| Gallmersgarten \| Gerhardshofen \| Gollhofen \| Gutenstetten \| Hagenbüchach \| Hemmersheim \| Illesheim \| Ippesheim \| Ipsheim \| Langenfeld \| Markt Bibart \| Markt Erlbach \| Markt Nordheim \| Markt Taschendorf \| Marktbergel \| Münchsteinach \| Neuhof an der Zenn \| Neustadt an der Aisch \| Oberickelsheim \| Obernzenn \| Oberscheinfeld \| Scheinfeld \| Simmershofen \| Sugenheim \| Trautskirchen \| Uehlfeld \| Uffenheim \| Weigenheim \| Wilhelmsdorf