Sontheim

For the town in Unterallgäu, see Sontheim, Bavaria.

Sontheim
Municipality
Church of Saint George
Coat of arms
Location of Sontheim within Heidenheim district
Sontheim Show map of Germany Sontheim Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°33′25″N 10°17′3″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Heidenheim
Government
• Mayor (2022–30)	Tobias Rief[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	28.92 km^2 (11.17 sq mi)
Elevation	445 m (1,460 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	5,897
• Density	200/km^2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	89567
Dialling codes	07325
Vehicle registration	HDH
Website	www.sontheim-brenz.de

Sontheim (full name: Sontheim an der Brenz) is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located northeast of Ulm, at the southern end of the Swabian Jura.

Neighboring municipalities

Sontheim shares borders with the following towns and villages: Hermaringen (Heidenheim District) in the north, Bächingen an der Brenz (Dillingen District, Bavaria) in the east and the south, as well as Niederstotzingen (Heidenheim District) in the west.

Villages

Sontheim an der Brenz consists of the main community Sontheim and the villages of Brenz and Bergenweiler. Brenz and Bergenweiler became part of Sontheim during Baden-Württemberg's last district reform in the 1970s.

Twin towns

The town is twinned with:

• Saint-Valery-en-Caux, France

References

1. Bürgermeisterwahl Sontheim an der Brenz 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
2. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.