Horb am Neckar is a town in the southwest of the
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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 ...
. It is located on the
Neckar
The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis near Schwenn ...
river, between
Offenburg
Offenburg ("open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemmanic: ''Offäburg'') is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With nearly 60,000 inhabitants (2019), it is the largest city and the ad ...
to the west (about away) and
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thr ...
to the east (about away). It has around 25,000 inhabitants, of whom about 6,000 live in the main town of Horb, and the remainder in 18 associated villages and districts which form part of the same municipality. If the entire municipality is counted, it is the largest town in the District of
Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt ( Swabian: ''Fraidestadt'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is capital of the district Freudenstadt. The closest population centres are Offenburg to the west (approx. 36 km away) and Tübingen to the eas ...
.
Since 1 January 1981 Horb am Neckar has had the status of a ''
Große Kreisstadt
''Große Kreisstadt'' (, "major district town") is a term in the municipal law ('' Gemeindeordnung'') of several German states. In some federal states the term is used as a special legal status for a district-affiliated town—as distinct from an ...
'', serving as a mid-sized center within the
Northern Black Forest Region
Northern Black Forest Region ''(Region Nordschwarzwald)'' is an administrative unit in the Karlsruhe region ''(Regierungsbezirk Karlsruhe)'' of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg. Its area covers Pforzheim and the districts of Ca ...
of the
Karlsruhe Administrative Region. It also belongs to the "Cooperative Zone" of the
Stuttgart Metropolitan Region
The Stuttgart Metropolitan Region is a metropolitan region in south-west Germany consisting of the cities and regions around Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Tübingen/Reutlingen. These cities are arranged into three agglomeration areas. The population of t ...
. Horb am Neckar operates a combined administration with the neighbouring communities of
Empfingen
Empfingen is a municipality in the district Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Empfingen itself comprises two local districts, Wiesenstetten and Dommelsberg. Empfingen is close to the federal motorway 81 Stuttgart – ...
and
Eutingen im Gäu
Eutingen is a municipality in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in E ...
.
Geography
Horb lies on the eastern margin of the northern part of the
Black Forest
The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...
at the Neckar. The well-preserved old town, with an ancient castle and castle gardens and a typical market place where the town hall is still located, lies on a ridge overlooking the Neckar. The modern town and its outskirts stretch up the valleys of both rivers.
Constituent communities
In addition to the main town of Horb, the municipality includes a number of communities which are recognised within the terms of the 1970s Baden-Württemberg local government reform, that is they have an elected council and council chairman. These are Ahldorf, Altheim, Betra, Bildechingen, Bittelbronn, Dettensee, Dettingen, Dettlingen, Dießen, Grünmettstetten, Ihlingen, Isenburg, Mühlen,
Mühringen
Mühringen is a district of Horb am Neckar. The village is located approximately from the main town and stretches from the valley of the Eyach (Neckar), Eyach at an altitude of above sea level up to the hill of Castle Hohenmühringen. Mühring ...
, Nordstetten, Rexingen and Talheim, the last of which is made up of the formerly independent communities of Obertalheim and Untertalheim. These are referred to formally (for example, in postal purposes) as Horb-Ahldorf, Horb-Altheim, etc. There are also other districts with distinct names, such as Hohenberg and Haugenstein, but no formally recognised boundaries, and numerous isolated hamlets with handfuls of inhabitants, such as Fronholzhof, Frundeckhof, Heidgrundhof, Hohenfichtehof, Markstallhof, Auchtert-Höfe, Breitenbaum-Höfe, Josefshof, Käppleshof, Kegelhof, Isenburger Höfe, Buchhöfe, Kreuzhöfe, Plattenhöfe, Ziegelhof, Heidehöfe, Kapellenhöfe, and Röteberg, not to mention even smaller settlements such as Neckarhausen or Priorberg.
Neighbouring municipalities
The following towns and communities border on Horb am Neckar, listing them in clockwise order starting in the east:
Eutingen im Gäu
Eutingen is a municipality in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in E ...
(
Landkreis
In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...
Freudenstadt),
Starzach
Starzach is a municipality in the district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Starzach is located about 20 kilometers southwest from Tübingen.
Geographical location
Starzach is located on the Neckar between Rottenburg am Neckar and ...
(in
Landkreis Tübingen
In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...
),
Haigerloch
Haigerloch is a town in the north-western part of the Swabian Alb in Germany.
Geography Geographical location
Haigerloch lies at between 430 and 550 metres elevation in the valley of the Eyach river, which forms two loops in a steep shelly limest ...
(
Zollernalbkreis
The Zollernalbkreis is a Districts of Germany, ''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The district is located in the Swabian Alb, and contains the second highest elevation of this range, the high ''Oberhohenberg'' ...
),
Empfingen
Empfingen is a municipality in the district Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Empfingen itself comprises two local districts, Wiesenstetten and Dommelsberg. Empfingen is close to the federal motorway 81 Stuttgart – ...
(Landkreis
Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt ( Swabian: ''Fraidestadt'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is capital of the district Freudenstadt. The closest population centres are Offenburg to the west (approx. 36 km away) and Tübingen to the eas ...
),
Sulz am Neckar
Sulz am Neckar is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Neckar, 22 km north of Rottweil, and 19 km southeast of Freudenstadt.
Sulz am Neckar came in the possession of the Hohe ...
(
Landkreis Rottweil),
Glatten
Glatten is a municipality in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Geography
Geographical location
The state-approved health resort Glatten is located about ten kilometers southeast of the county town of Freudenstadt, ...
,
Schopfloch
Schopfloch is a municipality in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Black Forest
The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in t ...
and
Waldachtal
Waldachtal is a municipality in the district of Freudenstadt (district), Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Fischertechnik GmbH, a manufacturer of construction toys, is based here.
People
* Artur Fischer (1919–2016), G ...
(all in Landkreis Freudenstadt), and finally
Haiterbach
Haiterbach is a town in the district of Calw, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
Haiterbach was given its town rights by the Counts of Hohenberg in 1349. The County of Hohenberg sold Haiterbach and the villages of Beihingen and Oberschwan ...
and
Nagold
Nagold is a town in southwestern Germany, bordering the Northern Black Forest. It is located in the ''Landkreis'' (district) of Calw (Germany/Baden-Württemberg). Nagold is known for its ruined castle, Hohennagold Castle, and for its road viaduc ...
, both in
Landkreis Calw
Calw is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Karlsruhe, Enz, the district-free city Pforzheim, Böblingen, Freudenstadt and Rastatt.
History
The district w ...
).
History
Horb was first documented as or , meaning "swamp" in
Old High German
Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050.
There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...
, in 1090. But since Old High German was nearly extinct at that time, it is assumed that Horb is even older than that.
The swampy land along the
Neckar
The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis near Schwenn ...
forced the builders of the town to lay it out among the foothills of the mountain called Schütteberg. Today the townscape is characterised by the location of the whole historic city on top of a hill, making it visible from any direction.
Horb was first documented as a town in 1228, and the first references to a mayor (''
Schultheiß
In medieval Germany, the ''Schultheiß'' () was the head of a municipality (akin to today's office of mayor), a ''Vogt'' or an executive official of the ruler. As official (''villicus'') it was his duty to order his assigned village or county (' ...
'') and a market are to be found in 1244 and 1277, respectively. Until 1305, Horb belonged to the
counts palatine of Tübingen, and later to the
counts of Hohenberg. In 1381, Horb came into the possession of Austria (
Further Austria
Further Austria, Outer Austria or Anterior Austria (german: Vorderösterreich, formerly ''die Vorlande'' (pl.)) was the collective name for the early (and later) possessions of the House of Habsburg in the former Swabian stem duchy of south-we ...
) and served as an administrative seat for the local
Vogt
During the Middle Ages, an (sometimes given as modern English: advocate; German: ; French: ) was an office-holder who was legally delegated to perform some of the secular responsibilities of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as ...
. Later, in 1806, Horb became part of the
Kingdom of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which exist ...
, and a year it was made into an administrative center, ''Oberamt Horb''. Its borders had changed several times in the following years, and in 1938 it was reorganized as a rural district, ''Landkreis Horb''.
Current constituent communities Betra, Dettensee, Dettingen, Dettlingen and Dießen had belonged to the
since 1803, where they were organized under ''Oberamt
Hechingen
Hechingen ( Swabian: ''Hächenga'') is a town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about south of the state capital of Stuttgart and north of Lake Constance and the Swiss border.
Geography
The town lies at the foot of the ...
'' (and from 1838–1854, ''Oberamt
Haigerloch
Haigerloch is a town in the north-western part of the Swabian Alb in Germany.
Geography Geographical location
Haigerloch lies at between 430 and 550 metres elevation in the valley of the Eyach river, which forms two loops in a steep shelly limest ...
''). In 1925, ''Oberamt Hechingen'' was made into ''Landkreis Hechingen.''
Between 1971 and 1975, a total of 18 surrounding municipalities, including the above-mentioned communities from the District of Hechingen, were assigned to ''Landkreis Horb'' or its legal successor, ''
Landkreis Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Rastatt, Calw, Tübingen, Zollernalbkreis, Rottweil and the Ortenaukreis.
History
The district was created ...
''. The districts of both Horb and Hechingen were dissolved as part of Baden-Württemberg's 1973 local government reforms, and the majority of Horb's territory, including the city itself, was transferred to Freudenstadt, itself now part of the newly created Northern Black Forest Region in the recently expanded ''
Regierungsbezirk
A ' () means "governmental district" and is a type of administrative division in Germany. Four of sixteen ' ( states of Germany) are split into '. Beneath these are rural and urban districts.
Saxony has ' (directorate districts) with more res ...
'' of Karlsruhe. This is how a town that once belonged to Württemberg came to be administered from the former capital 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 ...
.
In 1979, Horb exceeded 20,000 residents for the first time, thus allowing the town to petition the state government of Baden-Württemberg to be made into a major district town (''
Große Kreisstadt
''Große Kreisstadt'' (, "major district town") is a term in the municipal law ('' Gemeindeordnung'') of several German states. In some federal states the term is used as a special legal status for a district-affiliated town—as distinct from an ...
''); the request was granted, effective as of 1 January 1981.
Religion
![Stiftskirche Horb am Neckar (2018)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Stiftskirche_Horb_am_Neckar_%282018%29.jpg)
In the Middle Ages, Horb am Neckar was part of the
Diocese of Constance
The Prince-Bishopric of Constance, (german: Hochstift Konstanz, Fürstbistum Konstanz, Bistum Konstanz) was a small ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-12th century until its secularisation in 1802–1803. In his dua ...
, under the local supervision of the
Archdiaconate "Vor dem Walde", based in
Dornstetten
Dornstetten is a town in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, 7 km east of Freudenstadt. It was founded in the early Middle Ages and is well known for its half-timbere ...
. When the
Protestant Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
came to Germany, Horb was still a part of Further Austria, and thus remained overwhelmingly Catholic along with the rest of Austria. Upon its transfer to the Kingdom of Württemberg, the territory was assigned to the Diocese of Rottenburg (today,
Rottenburg-Stuttgart
The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg, '' B ...
) and made the seat of a
deanery
A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...
. In 1976 it was merged with the Deanery of Freudenstadt to form a new deanery, still named for Freudenstadt but based in Horb; it contains nearly all of the Catholic parishes in the mostly Protestant ''Landkreis Freudenstadt.''
Today there are two pastoral units (German ''Seelsorgeeinheiten'') operating in the territory of Horb am Neckar: ''Seelsorgeeinheit Steinachtal'' includes the parishes in Altheim, Grünmettstetten, Bittelbronn, Untertalheim and Obertalheim; ''Seelsorgeeinheit Horb'' includes parishes in Horb itself, Ihlingen and Isenburg, Bildechingen, Mühlen, Rexingen and Nordstetten, Ahldorf and Mühringen, along with Wiesenstetten, which belongs to the municipality of Empfingen. Parishes in Betra, Dettensee, Dettingen, Dettlingen and Dießen have actually belonged to the
Archdiocese of Freiburg
The Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (Latin ''Archidioecesis Friburgensis'') is a Roman Catholic diocese in Baden-Württemberg comprising the former states of Baden and Hohenzollern. The Archdiocese of Freiburg is led by an archbishop, who als ...
(Deanery of Zollern) since 1827, due to those communities' former inclusion in the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
In the 19th century, Protestants (Lutheran) also settled in Horb. In 1866, they were able to establish their first congregation there, and some time later build their own place of worship, the ''Johanneskirche'' (St. John's). The community based in Horb is part of the
Sulz am Neckar
Sulz am Neckar is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Neckar, 22 km north of Rottweil, and 19 km southeast of Freudenstadt.
Sulz am Neckar came in the possession of the Hohe ...
district within the
Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg
The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg (german: Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg) is a Lutheran member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany in the German former state of Württemberg, now part of the state of Baden-Württem ...
, and includes members of the Protestant churches in Horb itself, in Altheim, Isenburg, Grünmettstetten, Nordstetten and Bildechingen, as well as in the neighboring municipality of Eutingen im Gäu. Another Protestant community based in Dettingen includes Protestants in Betra, Dießen, Ihlingen, and Rexingen along with neighboring Fischingen and Glatt; yet another one based in Mühlen includes those in Ahldorf, Dettensee, and Mühringen. Protestants in Talheim (formerly Obertalheim and Unterteilheim) belong to the Heiterback-Talheim community in the Nagold district, and those in Bittelbronn and Dettlingen belong to the Shopfloch community in the Freudenstadt district.
Aside from Germany's two major Christian denominations, there are also communities considered "
free church
A free church is a Christian denomination that is intrinsically separate from government (as opposed to a state church). A free church does not define government policy, and a free church does not accept church theology or policy definitions from ...
es", including a Pentecostal congregation associated with Germany's
Federation of Pentecostal Churches (''Bund Freikirchlicher Pfingstgemeinden'', BFD), the German branch of the
Assemblies of God
The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ...
. There is also congregation of the
New Apostolic Church
The New Apostolic Church (NAC) is a Christian denomination, Christian church that split from the Catholic Apostolic Church during an 1863 schism in Hamburg, Germany.
The church has existed since 1863 in Germany and since 1897 in the Ne ...
in Horb, belonging to church's Tübingen apostolic region.
Horb and its constituent communities were once home to several Jewish communities, but during the Nazi era these communities suffered from forced mass emigration and deportation. Jewish communities could be found in Rexingen, Nordstetten and neighboring Baisingen, among others. Until 1911, Horb's Jewish communities were part of the Mühringen rabbinical district.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Horb am Neckar consists of a shield divided horizontally, the top half silver and the bottom half red. In the 13th century, the
counts palatine of Tübingen established Horb as a town, incorporating the existing settlement along the Neckar. The oldest surviving town seal dates from 1261 and depicts the arms and banner of the counts palatine; an additional town seal from 1301 also depicts the arms of the Tübingen family.
In 1305 Horb was acquired via marriage by the
counts of Hohenberg, and ever since the town has borne the Hohenberg arms. The oldest town seal bearing these arms comes from 1308.
Economy and infrastructure
Tourism plays a major role in the economy of Horb am Neckar, with numerous local projects and organizations in place to promote the town's various cultural events and attractions, which typically include concerts,
Kabarett
Kabarett (; from French ''cabaret'' = tavern) is satirical revue, a form of cabaret which developed in France by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 as the ''cabaret artistique''. It was named Le Chat Noir and was centered on political events and satire. It ...
s, and theatrical performances. The annual
Renaissance fair
A Renaissance fair, Renaissance faire or Renaissance festival is an outdoor gathering open to the public and typically commercial in nature, which purportedly recreates a historical setting for the amusement of its guests. Some are permanent the ...
"Maximilian-Ritterspiele" ("Maximilian jousting"), taking place in the middle of June draws crowds from all over the region, and Horb's "Mini Rock Festival" hosts several thousand attendees each year and features musical acts from all over the world. Since 2005, the festival has been primarily organised and staffed by teenage volunteers.
The largest employer in town is the engineering firm
Bosch Rexroth
Bosch Rexroth AG is an engineering firm based in Lohr am Main in Germany. It is the result of a merger on 1 May 2001 between Mannesmann Rexroth AG and the Automation Technology Business Unit of Robert Bosch GmbH, and is a wholly owned subsidiar ...
,
which operates a plant in Horb. Other businesses with a presence in the town include the manufacturers
Fischer
Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.
People with the surname A
* Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official
* Ad ...
and LEUCO. Most of Horb's industrial facilities are located in the constituent communities of Heiligenfeld or Hohenberg.
Local daily newspapers include the "Neckar-Chronik" edition of ''
Südwest Presse
''Südwest Presse'' is a German daily newspaper based in Ulm, which is distributed in Ulm, Neu-Ulm, Alb-Donau-Kreis and Landkreis Neu-Ulm. It is also the name of a regional cooperative venture (called a ''Zeitungsverbund'' – newspaper composit ...
'', based in
Ulm
Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...
, and a Horb edition of the ''Schwarzwälder Bote,'' based in
Oberndorf am Neckar
Oberndorf am Neckar (; Swabian: ''Oberndorf am Näggô'') is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Neckar, north of Rottweil. It historically was and currently is a major center of t ...
.
Government
The local governing body is a town council (''Gemeinderat'') consisting of 32 members, with elections held every five years. Since the most recent elections in 2014,
CDU holds 12 seats on the council,
FDP holds 9, and
SDP 5, with the remaining seats split
Greens,
Republicans, and independents.
The mayor (since 1981, ''Oberbürgermeister'') is directly elected every eight years. The current officeholder, Peter Rosenberger (CDU) was elected in 2009 with 98.45% of the vote (no opponent).
List of mayors:
* 1947–1949: Franz Mauz
* 1950–1955: Karl Gramlich
* 1955–1987: Karl Haegele (CDU)
* 1987–1995: Hans Hörner (CDU)
* 1995–2009: Michael Theurer (FDP)
* seit 2009: Peter Rosenberger (CDU)
Horb is also seat of the local court (''Amtsgericht''), which is positioned under the Rottweil regional court (''Landgericht''), itself under the umbrella of ''Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart'', one of two supraregional courts in Baden-Württemberg (See
Judiciary of Germany
The judiciary of Germany is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in Germany.
The German legal system is a civil law mostly based on a comprehensive compendium of statutes, as compared to the common law systems. In criminal a ...
). The town also has a
notary
A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems.
A notary, while a legal professional, is disti ...
's office, as well as a satellite office of the Freudenstadt regional court.
The customs office (''Zollamt'') in Horb is subordinate office to the main customs office in Karlsruhe.
Main sights
![Mini-Rock-Festival Besucher-vor-Buehne Samstag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Mini-Rock-Festival_Besucher-vor-Buehne_Samstag.jpg)
* The annual
Renaissance fair
A Renaissance fair, Renaissance faire or Renaissance festival is an outdoor gathering open to the public and typically commercial in nature, which purportedly recreates a historical setting for the amusement of its guests. Some are permanent the ...
"Maximilian-Ritterspiele" (Maximilian-Jousting) in Horb which takes place in the middle of June
* The annual
Rock festival
A rock festival is an open-air rock concert featuring many different performers, typically spread over two or three days and having a campsite and other amenities and forms of entertainment provided at the venue. Some festivals are singular even ...
"Mini-Rock-Festival" taking place in late August since 2005 organised voluntarily by adolescents
Notable people
![Martin II Gerbert](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Martin_II_Gerbert.jpg)
* Georgius Eberhard (c. 1490), abbot at the monastery
St. Blasien
*
Veit Stoss
Veit Stoss (also: ''Veit Stoß'' and ''Stuoss''; pl, Wit Stwosz; before 1450about 20 September 1533) was a leading German sculptor, mostly working with wood, whose career covered the transition between the late Gothic and the Northern Renaissa ...
(1447–1533), sculptor, painter and engraver
*
Sebastian Lotzer
Sebastian Lotzer (c. 1490 – after 1525) was born in Horb am Neckar. He was a furrier by trade. During his journeyman years, while in Memmingen, he became secretary to the '' Baltringer Haufen'', a peasant army during the German Peasants' Wa ...
(c. 1490 – died unknown), author of the Memmingen items and 12 items in the Peasant War
*
Christina Rauscher
Christina Rauscher (1570-1618) was a German official and critic of witchcraft persecutions.
Life
Christina Rauscher was the daughter of the rich textile merchant and brewer Martin Gerber of Horb and Anna Kurner, and the rich hotelier Horber Johan ...
(1570–1618), official and critic of witchcraft persecutions
*
Martin Gerbert
Martin Gerbert (11 August 1720 – 3 May 1793), was a German theologian, historian and writer on music, belonged to the noble family of Gerbert von Hornau, and was born at Horb am Neckar, Württemberg, on 12 (or 11 or 13) August 1720.
Life
He w ...
(1720–1793), Prince Abbot of St. Blasien
* Kaspar Kaltenmoser (1806–1867), genre painter
*
Berthold Auerbach
Berthold Auerbach (28 February 1812 – 8 February 1882) was a German-Jewish poet and author. He was the founder of the German "tendency novel", in which fiction is used as a means of influencing public opinion on social, political, moral, and r ...
(1812–1882), writer
* Johann Nepomuk Meintel (1816–1872), sculptor and painter
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Johann Nepomuk Brischar Johann Nepomuk Brischar or ''Johann Nepomucene Brischar'' (22 August 1819, Horb, Württemberg – 11 April 1897, Bühl) was a Roman Catholic church historian.
Brischar studied theology at the University of Tübingen and was appointed parish pr ...
(1819–1897), Catholic church historian
* Wilhelm Erath (1820–1908), merchant, Member of Parliament, mayor of the city 1874–1899
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Paul Leopold Haffner (1829–1899), Bishop of Mainz
* Paul Schanz (1842–1905), Catholic theology professor at the University of Tübingen
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Maximilian Berlitz
Maximilian Delphinius Berlitz (or Maximilien Berlitz, born David Berlizheimer; April 14, 1852 – April 6, 1921) was a linguist and the founder of the Berlitz Language Schools, the first of which he established in 1878 in Providence, Rhode Islan ...
(1852–1921), founder of the Berlitz language schools
* Lorenz Bock (1883–1948), President of Württemberg-Hohenzollern
* Georg Mayer (1892–1973) economist, Rector of the University of Leipzig
* Eberhard Gönner (1919–2012), historian, president of the Provincial Archives Directorate Baden-Württemberg
* Franz Blank (1925–2008), longtime council chairman and deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board of the
Porsche
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche (; see #Pronunciation, below), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ...
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* Norbert Schneider (born 1935), lawyer and politician of the CDU
* Johannes Kreidler (born 1946), since 1991 auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
* Carmina Brenner (born 1957), 1996–2007 Member of Parliament (CDU), since 2007 President of the State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg
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Pascal Reinhardt
Pascal Reinhardt (born 11 September 1992) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He is currently the manager of SG Sonnenhof Großaspach.
Playing career Youth
Rei ...
(born 1992), football player
People connected to the town
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Berthold Auerbach
Berthold Auerbach (28 February 1812 – 8 February 1882) was a German-Jewish poet and author. He was the founder of the German "tendency novel", in which fiction is used as a means of influencing public opinion on social, political, moral, and r ...
Novelist and poet
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Michael Jung, German equestrian and double Olympic gold medal winner 2012
International relations
Horb am Neckar is
twinned with:
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Haslemere
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Surrey
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United Kingdom
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, since 1991
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Salins-les-Bains
Salins-les-Bains (), commonly referred to simply as Salins, is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. It is located on the departmental border with Doubs, 34.8 km (21.6 mi) to the south-southwes ...
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France
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, since 1991
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Sant Just Desvern
Sant Just Desvern (; ) is a town near Barcelona, in the ''comarca'' of the Baix Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.
Sant Just Desvern is located in the 2,078317º of longitude and 41,381611º of latitude.
It is situated at 122 m (average) above se ...
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Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
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Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
since 1999
See also
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Three hares
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External links
Horb am Neckar: pictures
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Towns in Baden-Württemberg
Freudenstadt (district)
Populated places on the Neckar basin
Populated riverside places in Germany