Windsbach

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Windsbach
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Middle Franconia
District	Ansbach
Mayor	Wolfgang Seidel (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	68.17 km² (26.3 sq mi)
Elevation	383 m (1257 ft)
Population	6,053 (31/12/2006)
- Density	89 /km² (230 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	AN
Postal code	91575
Area code	09871
Website	www.windsbach.de Coordinates: 49°15′00″N 10°49′00″E / 49.25, 10.816667

Windsbach is a town in the district of Ansbach, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 20 km east of Ansbach, and 29 km southwest of Nuremberg.

Windsbach is famous for its grammar school, the Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Gymnasium, that's named after the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. It is one of the best schools in Bavaria and teaches among other things modern languages (English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, e. g.), old languages (Latin, Old Greek), maths, physics and chemistry (of cause the are much more standard subjects like history, geography, biology, religious education, P.E., art e.g.)

Windsbach is also the home of the Windsbach Boys Choir which was founded in 1946 and since 1978 under the direction of Karl-Friedrich Beringer. The choir is one of the most renowned boy's choirs of the world.

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Ansbach

Adelshofen \| Arberg \| Aurach \| Bechhofen \| Bruckberg \| Buch am Wald \| Burgoberbach \| Burk \| Colmberg \| Dentlein \| Diebach \| Dietenhofen \| Dinkelsbühl \| Dombühl \| Dürrwangen \| Ehingen \| Feuchtwangen \| Flachslanden \| Gebsattel \| Gerolfingen \| Geslau \| Heilsbronn \| Herrieden \| Insingen \| Langfurth \| Lehrberg \| Leutershausen \| Lichtenau \| Merkendorf \| Mitteleschenbach \| Mönchsroth \| Neuendettelsau \| Neusitz \| Oberdachstetten \| Ohrenbach \| Ornbau \| Petersaurach \| Röckingen \| Rothenburg ob der Tauber \| Rügland \| Sachsen \| Schillingsfürst \| Schnelldorf \| Schopfloch \| Steinsfeld \| Unterschwaningen \| Wassertrüdingen \| Weidenbach \| Weihenzell \| Weiltingen \| Wettringen \| Wieseth \| Wilburgstetten \| Windelsbach \| Windsbach \| Wittelshofen \| Wolframs-Eschenbach \| Wörnitz