The city's position is 20 km eastward of the district capital Ansbach and 40 km southwestern of Nuremberg.
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The following communities surround Windsbach (beginning north going clockwise direction): Rohr, Kammerstein, Abenberg, Spalt, Mitteleschenbach, Wolframs-Eschenbach, Lichtenau, Neuendettelsau and Heilsbronn.