title: Neresheim
text: # Neresheim
  
  Neresheim is a town in the Ostalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northeast of Heidenheim, and 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Aalen. It's the home of the Neresheim Abbey, which still hosts monks, was Reichsfrei until the German Mediatisation and was built by Balthasar Neumann. Another notable touristic attraction is the heritage railway Härtsfeldbahn.
  
  Neresheim is listed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, along with 95 other sites of battles won by the French army.
  
  ## Born in Neresheim
  
  * Oscar F. Mayer (1859–1955), founder of the Oscar Mayer meat production company, was born in Kösingen, today a borough of Neresheim.
  * Andreas Zeyer (born 1968), retired German football player
  * Michael Zeyer (born 1968), retired German football player
  * Karl Bonhoeffer (1868–1948), psychiatrist and neurologist, father of theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  