Braunsbach is a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...

 in the district of Schwäbisch Hall

Schwäbisch Hall (district)

Schwäbisch Hall is a district in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Main-Tauber, the Bavarian district Ansbach, Ostalbkreis, Rems-Murr and Hohenlohe.-History:...

 in Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

 in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is on the Kocher

Kocher

The Kocher is a 168 km long right tributary of the Neckar in the north-eastern part of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The name "Kocher" originates from its Celtic name "cochan" and probably means winding, meandering river. The Kocher rises in the eastern foothills of the Swabian Alb from two karst...

 river, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the county seat of Schwabisch Hall. The town is bordered to the north by the town Kuenzelsau, the county seat of Hohenlohe

Hohenlohe (district)

The Hohenlohekreis is a district in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Neckar-Odenwald, Main-Tauber, Schwäbisch Hall and Heilbronn.Künzelsau is the administration centre of the district....

, in the east by the town of Langenburg

Langenburg

Langenburg is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on a hill above the river Jagst, 18 km northeast of Schwäbisch Hall...

, on the southeast by Wolpertshausen

Wolpertshausen

Wolpertshausen is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....

, in the south by the town of Schwäbisch Hall and on the west by Untermünkheim

Untermünkheim

Untermünkheim is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....

 and Kupfer in Hohenlohe.

Braunsbach was formed in February 1972 by the voluntary merger of the formerly independent communities of Arnsdorf

Arnsdorf

Arnsdorf is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany....

, Braunsbach, Döttingen

Döttingen

-In Germany:*Döttingen , a subdivision of Braunsbach in the Schwäbisch Hall district, Baden-Württemberg*Döttingen , a subdivision of Herresbach in the Mayen-Koblenz district, Rhineland-Palatinate...

, Geislingen am Kocher, Jungholzhausen, Orlach and Steinkirchen

Steinkirchen

Steinkirchen is a municipality in the district of Erding in Bavaria in Germany....

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