Mindelheim

Mindelheim
Coat of arms
Mindelheim
Location of Mindelheim within Unterallgäu district
Coordinates: 48°02′N 10°28′E / 48.033°N 10.467°E / 48.033; 10.467Coordinates: 48°02′N 10°28′E / 48.033°N 10.467°E / 48.033; 10.467
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Swabia
District	Unterallgäu
Government
• Mayor	Stephan Winter (CSU)
Area
• Total	56.44 km2 (21.79 sq mi)
Elevation	607 m (1,991 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	14,569
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	87711–87719
Dialling codes	08261
Vehicle registration	MN
Website	www.mindelheim.de

Mindelheim is a town in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The town is the capital of the Unterallgäu district. At various points in history it was the chief settlement of an eponymous state.

Mindelheim is located about 90 kilometres (56 miles) west of the Bavarian capital of Munich. Other towns nearby are Memmingen or the health resorts of Bad Grönenbach, Ottobeuren or Bad Wörishofen.

Mindelheim is located close to the Autobahn 96 leading from Munich to Lindau. Furthermore, Mindelheim station is on the Buchloe–Memmingen railway, which connects to Zürich via Memmingen and Lindau and to Munich via Buchloe, and the Central Swabian Railway (Mittelschwabenbahn), which connects to Günzburg via Krumbach.

In 1365, the Dukes of Teck-Owen came into the possession of Mindelheim but had to sell their heritage around the castle Teck to the Counts of Württemberg. The last member of that line, Louis of Teck, Patriarch of Aquileia since 1412, died in 1439.

On 18 November 1705, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough was made Prince of Mindelheim by Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor. Marlborough was invested at an Imperial Diet in Innsbruck on the 24 May 1706. Mindelheim had been bought by an Elector of Bavaria in the 16th century. It was confiscated from Elector Max Emmanuel in 1704 for his treachery, and effectively occupied after the Battle of Blenheim.