Bammental is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in Rhein-Neckar Kreis of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

Geography

Bammental is about 9 km southeast of

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

and 13 km northwest of

Sinsheim Sinsheim (, South Franconian: ''Sinse'') is a town in south-western Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about south-east of Heidelberg and about north-west of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar. Geography ...

in the Elsenz valley, between

Mauer Mauer is the German word for ''wall''. It may also refer to: Places *Mauer, Vienna, a former village of Lower Austria that has been part of Vienna since 1938 * Mauer bei Amstetten, a village in the municipality of Amstetten, in Lower Austria * M ...

and

Neckargemünd Neckargemünd ( pfl, Neggergmin) is a town in Germany, in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, state of Baden-Württemberg. It lies on the Neckar, 10 km upriver from Heidelberg at the confluence with the river Elsenz. This confluence of the t ...

. The borough of Reilsheim belongs to Bammental.

Neighboring communities

*Neckargemünd * Gauangelloch * Wiesenbach (Baden) *

Mauer (Baden) Mauer is a village in south western Germany. It is located between Heidelberg and Sinsheim in the Rhein-Neckar district in the state of Baden-Württemberg. On 1 June 2012, John Ehret (no party) took office as mayor. He is the first black mayo ...

Gaiberg Gaiberg is a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis of Baden-Württemberg. Geography The state certified climatic health resort (''Luftkurort'') sits on the border of the Odenwald and the Kraichgau within the Neckartal-Odenwald national park, abo ...

History

Bammental has been settled since pre-history.

Homo heidelbergensis ''Homo heidelbergensis'' (also ''H. sapiens heidelbergensis''), sometimes called Heidelbergs, is an extinct species or subspecies of archaic human which existed during the Middle Pleistocene. It was subsumed as a subspecies of ''H. erectus'' in ...

found in neighboring Mauer, lived in the area around Bammental 500,000 to 600,000 years ago. The remains of a Roman road and Roman buildings bear witness to settlement by the

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. At the end of the 8th century, there were multiple mentions of the

Frankish Frankish may refer to: * Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture ** Frankish language or its modern descendants, Franconian languages * Francia, a post-Roman state in France and Germany * East Francia, the successor state to Francia in Germany ...

settlement, Risolfesheim, in the

Lorsch Codex The Lorsch Codex (Chronicon Laureshamense, Lorscher Codex, Codex Laureshamensis) is an important historical document created between about 1175 to 1195 AD in the Monastery of Saint Nazarius in Lorsch, Germany. The codex is handwritten in Carol ...

. This settlement is the borough Reilsheim. Bammental started as an extension of Reilsheim at the turn of the millennium. From 1330 to 1803, Bammental belonged to the

Electorate of the Palatinate The Electoral Palatinate (german: Kurpfalz) or the Palatinate (), officially the Electorate of the Palatinate (), was a state that was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The electorate had its origins under the rulership of the Counts Palatine of ...

of the Rhein. Bammental belonged to the

Meckesheim Meckesheim is a village in south western Germany. It is located between Heidelberg and Sinsheim in the Rhein-Neckar district in the state of Baden-Württemberg. History In 772 and 822 Meckesheim was mentioned for the first times as ''Heim des Me ...

tithe. After 1803, the settlement went to

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden is ...

Government

Municipal council

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is based on an earlier court seal. The seal has been documented to have been in use since 1747. It was officially recognized in 1894 by the General State Archive. The lion and the field of lozenges represent the

of the Rhine. The tree represents the etymological origin of the name Bammental, Baum im Tal (''tree in the valley''). The flag is green and white and was awarded by the Ministry of the Interior in 1965.

Sister cities

Vertus Vertus () is a former commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Blancs-Coteaux. The Encyclopédiste Antoine-Claude-Pierre Masson de La Motte-Conflans (1727–1801) was born ...

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since 18 June 1966

Culture and sights

There is a museum of local history (''Heimatmuseum'') in the old train station.

Economy and infrastructure

Transportation

Bammental is on federal highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 45 between Neckargemünd and Sinsheim. The train line, which comes from Heidelberg over Neckargemünd and afterwards goes on to Sinsheim, has two stops in Bammental. The connection is part of the S-train system of the Rhine-Neckar region. * At the old train station (Bammental) * In Reilsheim

Sons and daughters of the community

* Wilhelm Kling (1902-1973), politician (

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)

Other persons associated with Bammental

Hansi Flick Hans-Dieter "Hansi" Flick (born 24 February 1965) is a German professional football coach and former player who is the manager of the Germany national team. From August 2006 to July 2014, he was the assistant coach of Germany under manager Joac ...

(* 1965), football coach, former assistant of

Jogi Löw Jogi may refer to: Art and entertainment * ''Jogi'' (2005 film), a Kannada film * "Jogi" (Panjabi MC song), 2003 * "Jogi" (The Sketches song), a song by Pakistani Sufi-rock band The Sketches *"Jogi", a main song performed by Arko featuring Yasser D ...

, lives in Bammental

References

External links

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