Gaiberg is a municipality in the

Rhein-Neckar-Kreis The Rhein-Neckar-Kreis is a district in the northwest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The administrative headquarters are based in the city Heidelberg, which is a district-free city. As of 2019, the district is the most populous in Baden-Württe ...

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

The state certified climatic health resort (''Luftkurort'') sits on the border of the

Odenwald The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Location The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried'' (the northeastern section ...

and the Kraichgau within the Neckartal-Odenwald national park, about 10 km south 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 ...

. To the south of Gaiberg lies Leimen. To the north and west lies Heidelberg. To the east lies

Bammental Bammental is a municipality in Rhein-Neckar Kreis of Baden-Württemberg. Geography Bammental is about 9 km southeast of Heidelberg and 13 km northwest of Sinsheim in the Elsenz valley, between Mauer and Neckargemünd. The borough of R ...

History

The settlement which appeared in the late Middle Ages, was bought by 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 ...

in 1419. In 1803 Gaiberg became part of

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

Gaiberg belongs to the Neckargemünd municipal association. The seat of the municipal association is in Neckargemünd.

Municipal council

In addition to the chairperson and mayor, there are 12 councilors.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is based on a court seal from 1751. It depicts a column next to a tree. The meaning of the symbols is not explained. In 1900 the municipality adopted the coat of arms at the suggestion of the General State Archiv. The flag is green and white and was awarded by the Ministry of the Interior in 1956.

Sister cities

La Canourgue La Canourgue (; oc, La Canorga) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France. It is sometimes referred to in French as "''La petite Venise lozérienne''", the ''Little Venice of Lozère''. The commune served as a location for the 2 ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

Economy and infrastructure

Transportation

The municipality connect to the regional highway net by 8 km of state road to the exit Heidelberg/Schwetzingen of

Bundesautobahn 5 is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection (with the A 7. The southern end is at the Swiss border near Basel. It runs through the German states of Hessen and Baden-Wü ...

Education

In Gaiberg there is a primary and secondary school with a vocational school. Schools for further education can be found in Leimen and Heidelberg. There are Gymnasien in Neckargemünd and Bammental.

External links

(German
Official Website

References

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