About the town » Neresheim, Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Neresheim is a town in the Ostalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 16 kilometres northeast of Heidenheim, and 20 kilometres southeast of Aalen. It's the home of the famous Neresheim Abbey, which still hosts monks, was Reichsfrei until the German Mediatisation and was built by Balthasar Neumann. Neresheim is listed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, along with 95 other sites of battles won by the French army.