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Senden

Town in Bavaria, Germany

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The town of Senden (German pronunciation: [ˈzɛndn̩] ⓘ) 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 east, Vöhringen in the south and Illerkirchberg in the west.

01Town parts

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

02Politics

The Senden town council consists since the election of 2014 of:

03Economics and infrastructure

Traffic

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

Companies

  • Möbel Inhofer

04Education

Schools

Elementary- and Main schools

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

Vocational- and technical highschools

  • Urban economics school Senden

Special schools

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

Spare time- and sports centres

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

05International relations

Senden is twinned with:

06Culture

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

Music associations

  • "Dorfmusikanten Aufheim" (village musicians of Aufheim) with their youth band "WITA"
  • "Musikvereinigung Senden-Ay-Oberkirchberg" (united musicians of Senden-Ay-Oberkirchberg) www.musikvereinigung.net
  • "Harmonia Wullenstetten" (harmony of Wullenstetten)

Singing associations

  • Choir unity "Concordia" Ay
  • Choir unity "Frohsinn" Aufheim
  • Choir unity "Sängertreu" Senden
  • Choir unity Witzighausen-Hittistetten
  • Church choir Senden (Protestant)
  • Church choir Senden (Catholic)
Watch videos about SendenExplainers and documentaries on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

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