Neresheim is a town in the Ostalbkreis

Ostalbkreis

The Ostalbkreis is a district in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the border to Bavaria. Neighboring districts are Schwäbisch Hall, Ansbach, Donau-Ries, Heidenheim, Göppingen and Rems-Murr.-History:...

 district, 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...

, 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 situated 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northeast of Heidenheim, and 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) southeast of Aalen

Aalen

Aalen is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district, and its largest city, as well as the largest city within the Ostwürttemberg region. In spatial planning, Aalen is designated a Mittelzentrum...

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It's the home of the famous monastery of Neresheim

Neresheim Abbey

Neresheim Abbey or the Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra, Neresheim is located above the town of Neresheim in Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany...

, which still hosts monks, was Reichsfrei until the German Mediatisation

German Mediatisation

The German Mediatisation was the series of mediatisations and secularisations that occurred in Germany between 1795 and 1814, during the latter part of the era of the French Revolution and then the Napoleonic Era....

 and was built by Balthasar Neumann.

Neresheim is listed on the Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe

-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...

 in Paris, France, along with 95 other sites of battles won by the French army.

Born in Neresheim

• Oscar F. Mayer
  Oscar F. Mayer
  Oscar Ferdinand Mayer was a German American who founded the processed-meat firm Oscar Mayer that bears his name....
  
   (1859–1955), founder of the Oscar Mayer meat production company, was born in Kösingen, today a borough of Neresheim.
• Andreas Zeyer
  Andreas Zeyer
  Andreas Zeyer is a retired German football player. He is the twin brother of Michael Zeyer.-External links:...
  
   (born 1968), retired German football player
• Michael Zeyer
  Michael Zeyer
  Michael 'Zico' Zeyer is a retired German football player. He is the twin brother of Andreas Zeyer.-External links:...
  
  (born 1968), retired German football player