Neresheim

Neresheim
Town
Neresheim, abbey in background
Coat of arms
Location of Neresheim within Ostalbkreis district
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Ostalbkreis
Subdivisions	6 Stadtteile
Government
• Mayor	Gerd Dannenmann
Area
• Total	118.56 km2 (45.78 sq mi)
Elevation	503 m (1,650 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	8,064
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	73450
Dialling codes	07326, Elchingen 07367
Vehicle registration	AA
Website	www.neresheim.de

Neresheim (Swabian: Nääres) is a town in the Ostalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northeast of Heidenheim, and 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Aalen. It's the home of the famous Neresheim Abbey, which still hosts monks, was Reichsfrei until the German Mediatisation and was built by Balthasar Neumann.

Neresheim is listed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, along with 95 other sites of battles won by the French army.

Notable residents

Born in Neresheim

• Oscar F. Mayer (1859–1955), founder of the Oscar Mayer meat production company, was born in Kösingen, today a borough of Neresheim.
• Andreas Zeyer (born 1968), retired German football player
• Michael Zeyer (born 1968), retired German football player
• Karl Bonhoeffer (1868–1948), psychiatrist and neurologist, father of theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer