Landkreis Heilbronn () is a
''Landkreis'' (district) in the north of
Baden-Württemberg
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,
Germany
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. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise)
Neckar-Odenwald,
Hohenlohe
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,
Schwäbisch Hall,
Rems-Murr,
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a Cities of Germany, city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg (district), Lu ...
,
Enz,
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...
and
Rhein-Neckar. In the centre of it is the free-city of
Heilbronn
Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District.
From the late Middle Ages on, it developed into an important trading centre. At the begi ...
, which is its own separate administrative area.
History
The predecessor to the district is the ''Oberamt Heilbronn'', which was created in 1803 when the previously Free Imperial City of Heilbronn was incorporated into the
Electorate of Württemberg
The Electorate of Württemberg was a short-lived state of the Holy Roman Empire on the right bank of the Rhine. In 1803, the Imperial diet raised the Duchy of Württemberg to an Electorate, the highest form of a princedom in the Holy Roman Empire. ...
. In 1926, about half of the Oberamt (old district) of Weinsberg was added. In 1938, it was recognized as a district, and in addition to the previous Oberamt, parts of the dissolved Oberämter Neckarsulm, Brackenheim, Marbach and Besigheim were added. The city of Heilbronn was not included in the district. In 1973, the ''Landkreise'' (districts) were reorganized, and part of the dissolved districts of Sinsheim, Mosbach, Buchen and Schwäbisch Hall were added. Within the following two years 5 municipalities were incorporated into the city and therefore left the district, which got its current borders in 1975.
Geography
The main river in the district is the
Neckar
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, which flows through the district from the south to the north. The western part of the district belongs to the landscape ''Kraichgau'', the east to the ''Hohenloher Ebene'', ''Kocher-Jagst-Ebene'', and the ''Löwensteiner Berge''.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms shows a clawless eagle, the symbol of the Counts of Lauffen, who ruled the area of the district in the 13th century.
Towns and municipalities
Towns (''Städte''):
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Bad Friedrichshall
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Bad Rappenau
Bad Rappenau (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Rappene'') is a city municipality in the Heilbronn (district), district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated about northwest of Heilbronn.
Geography
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Bad Wimpfen
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Beilstein
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Brackenheim
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Eppingen
Eppingen () is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The town has the second-largest population in the district.
Eppingen lies in the Kraichgau, a hilly region in southwestern Germany, close to the conf ...
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Güglingen
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Gundelsheim
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Lauffen
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Leingarten
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Löwenstein
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Möckmühl
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Neckarsulm
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Neudenau
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Neuenstadt am Kocher
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Schwaigern
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Weinsberg
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Widdern
Municipalities (''Gemeinden''):
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Abstatt
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Cleebronn
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Eberstadt
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Ellhofen
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Erlenbach (Württemberg)
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Flein
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Gemmingen
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Hardthausen (Kocher)
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Ilsfeld
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Ittlingen
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Jagsthausen
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Kirchardt
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Langenbrettach
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Lehrensteinsfeld
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Massenbachhausen
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Neckarwestheim
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Nordheim (Württemberg)
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Obersulm
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Oedheim
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Offenau
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Pfaffenhofen
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Roigheim
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Siegelsbach
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Talheim
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Untereisesheim
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Untergruppenbach
Untergruppenbach () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality near Heilbronn, a city in the northern half of the Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg.
There are a total of 7,600 inhabitants living in six villages that form the municip ...
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Wüstenrot
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Zaberfeld
Zaberfeld () is a town in the district of Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Geography
Zaberfeld lies in the Zabergäu, in the southwestern corner of the Heilbronn district, at the head of the Zaber river.
Neighbor ...
Municipal associations (''Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaften'' and ''Gemeindeverwaltungsverbände''):
#Bad Friedrichshall
#Bad Rappenau
#Brackenheim
#Eppingen
#Flein-Talheim
#Lauffen
#Möckmühl
#Neckarsulm
#Neuenstadt
#Oberes Zabergäu
#Obersulm
#Schozach-Bottwartal
#Schwaigern
#Raum Weinsberg
References
External links
Official website(German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heilbronn (District)
Stuttgart (region)
Districts of Baden-Württemberg