Senden

For Senden in Westphalia, see Senden, North Rhine-Westphalia.

The town of Senden (German pronunciation: [ˈzɛndn̩] ^ⓘ) is the second-largest town of the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria and is located at the border to Baden-Württemberg. The town belongs to the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund. Senden's neighbours are Neu-Ulm in the north, Weißenhorn in the east, Vöhringen in the south and Illerkirchberg in the west.

Senden
Town
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Senden within Neu-Ulm district
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Coordinates: 48°19′N 10°04′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Neu-Ulm
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Claudia Schäfer-Rudolf[1] (CSU)
Area
• Total	25.21 km2 (9.73 sq mi)
Elevation	486 m (1,594 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)[2]
• Total	23,641
• Density	940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	89250
Dialling codes	07307, 07309 (Witzighausen)
Vehicle registration	NU
Website	www.stadt-senden.de

Town parts

The town parts are Aufheim, Ay, Freudenegg, Hittistetten, Witzighausen and Wullenstetten

Politics

The Senden town council consists since the election of 2014 of:

• CSU: 11 seats
• SPD: 5 seats
• FWG: 6 seats
• Greens: 4 seats
• BISS: 4 seats

Economics and infrastructure

Traffic

Senden lies at the Bundesstraße 28 and at the train line Ulm-Oberstdorf (Illertalbahn).

Companies

• Möbel Inhofer

Education

Schools

Elementary- and Main schools

• Elementary school Senden (Bürgermeister-Engelhart-Schule)
• Elementary school Aufheim
• Elementary school Ay
• Elementary school Wullenstetten^[3]
• Main school Senden (Rektor-Werner-Ziegler-Schule)^[4]

Vocational- and technical highschools

• Urban economics school Senden^[5]

Special schools

• Lindenhof-school Senden, private promotion center for mental development^[6]

Spare time- and sports centres

• Ice skating rink
• public lake- and indoor swimming pool
• several bathing lakes
• City park with Minigolf

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Senden is twinned with:

• Piove di Sacco (Italy).
• Uffholtz (France, Alsace)
• Senden in North Rhine Westphalia.

Culture

Urban cultural events take mainly place in the 2002 opened "Bürgerhaus".

Music associations

• "Dorfmusikanten Aufheim" (village musicians of Aufheim) with their youth band "WITA"^[7]
• "Musikvereinigung Senden-Ay-Oberkirchberg" (united musicians of Senden-Ay-Oberkirchberg) www.musikvereinigung.net
• "Harmonia Wullenstetten" (harmony of Wullenstetten)^[8]

Singing associations

• Choir unity "Concordia" Ay^[9]
• Choir unity "Frohsinn" Aufheim
• Choir unity "Sängertreu" Senden
• Choir unity Witzighausen-Hittistetten
• Church choir Senden (protestantic)
• Church choir Senden (catholic)