Sontheim is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim

Heidenheim (district)

Heidenheim is a district in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Ostalbkreis, Dillingen, Günzburg, Alb-Donau and Göppingen.-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 southern 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 located northeast of Ulm

Ulm

Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...

, at the southern end of the Swabian Alb

Swabian Alb

The Swabian Alps or Swabian Jura is a low mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending 220 km from southwest to northeast and 40 to 70 km in width. It is named after the region of Swabia....

.

Neighboring municipalities

Sontheim shares borders with the following towns and villages: Hermaringen

Hermaringen

Hermaringen is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.Hermaringen is known as the birthplace of Georg Elser, who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 8 November, 1939....

(Heidenheim County)in the north,Bächingen an der Brenz (Dillingen County, Bavaria)in the east and the south, as well as Niederstotzingen (Heidenheim County)in the west.

Villages

Sontheim an der Brenz consists of the main community Sontheim and the villages of Brenz

Brenz an der Brenz

Brenz an der Brenz is a borough of the village of Sontheim in the Heidenheim District of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Brenz an der Brenz was an independent village until it merged with Sontheim...

and Bergenweiler. Brenz and Bergenweiler became part of Sontheim during Baden-Württemberg's last district reform in the 1970s.