Neresheim
Neresheim is a town in the Ostalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated northeast of Heidenheim, and southeast of Aalen.
It's the home of the Neresheim Abbey, which still hosts monks, was Reichsfrei until the German Mediatisation and was built by Balthasar Neumann. Another notable touristic attraction is the heritage railway Härtsfeldbahn.
Neresheim is listed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, along with 95 other sites of battles won by the French army.
Notable people
- Oscar F. Mayer, founded the American meat production company Oscar Mayer.
- Karl Bonhoeffer, psychiatrist and neurologist, father of theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- twins Andreas Zeyer & Michael Zeyer, retired footballers, played 474 & 487 games