Schnaitheim. Several bus lines also service residents and visitors inside city limits. Heidenheim is located near the Autobahn A 7 just off the Exit Heidenheim and is also easily accessible by car and truck via the federal highways B 19 and B 466 that traverse the city. Media "Heidenheimer Zeitung" and "Heidenheimer Neue Presse" are daily newspapers published in the city. In addition, the "Neue Woche" is published weekly (Thursday) as well as the "Sunday Newspaper" (Sunday). The Southwest German Radio (SWR) operates a relay station for four of its FM stations and the ARD TV station (channel 1). And the Schmittenberg radio tower emits programs for two more radio stations. Notable people Friedrich Christoph Oetinger (1702–1782), Lutheran theologian, worked in Heidenheim 1743–1746 Johann Jakob von Wunsch (1717–1788), Prussian general of infantry Alfred Meebold (1863–1952), botanist, writer and anthroposophist Erwin Rommel (1891–1944), officer in World War I and II, father of Manfred Rommel Helmut Bornefeld (1906–1990), Protestant church musician, composer, Orgelsachverständiger [de], and writer, worked (1937–1971), lived (1937–1990), and died in Heidenheim Dieter Oesterlen (1911–1994), architect in Hannover Walter Kasper (born 1933), Roman Catholic Cardinal Gerhard Thiele (born 1953), physicist and former astronaut Horst Blankenburg (born 1947), footballer who won the European Cup with Ajax three times in a row Twin towns – sister cities Heidenheim an der Brenz is twinned with: Clichy, France (1958) Sankt Pölten, Austria (1968) Newport, Wales, United Kingdom (1981) Sisak, Croatia (1988) Döbeln, Germany (1991) Jihlava, Czech Republic (2002) Friendly cities Heidenheim an der Brenz also has friendly relations with: Qianjiang, China (1994) Papeete, French Polynesia, France (2022) References Further reading Württembergisches Städtebuch; Vol IV Part Baden-Württemberg vol 2 from Deutsches Städtebuch. Handbuch städtischer Geschichte - Commissioned by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der historischen Kommissionen with the support of the Deutschen Städtetag, the Deutschen Städtebund and the Deutschen Gemeindetag, publisher Erich Keyser, Stuttgart, 1961 About Aquileia, the Roman Heidenheim: G. Balle, Neues zum Reiterkastell Heidenheim. Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 2000, pp 90–94. R. Sölch, Die Topographie des römischen Heidenheim. History and reports to the pre-historic and the early history of Baden-Württemberg 76, Stuttgart 2001 External links Website of Heidenheim an der Brenz NEUER KAMMERCHOR Heidenheim Opera Festival Nature Theater Heidenheim Sasse-Theater Heidenheim-Schnaitheim State Botanical Show Heidenheim 2006 Heidenheim Infoportal Protestant Church Heidenheim Heidenheimer Zeitung Displaced Persons Camp Heidenheim Voith YIVO Archives, Guide to the Records of the Displaced Person Camps and Centers in Germany, 1945-1952 YIVO Archives,