Neckarbischofsheim is a town in the district of

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 ...

, in

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 ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It is situated 8 km northeast of Sinsheim, and 24 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 ...

Mayors

* 1949–1974: Albert Kumpf * 1974–1990: Günter Burkhardt * 1990–2004: Rolf Geinert (SPD) * 2004–2012: Hans-Joachim Vogt * 2012–2020: Tanja Grether *since 2020: Thomas Seidelmann

Sons and daughters of the city

Karl Mayer (Dichter), Foto von Friedrich Brandseph

* Karl Mayer (1786-1870), jurist and poet *

Louis Mayer (painter) Louis Mayer (23 May 1791 in Neckarbischofsheim – 18 November 1843 in Stuttgart), born Ludwig Hartmann Mayer, was a German landscape painter and brother to the poet Karl Mayer (poet), Karl Mayer. He studied painting in State Academy of Fin ...

(1791-1843), landscape painter *

Axel Schock Axel Schock (born 11 September 1965 in Neckarbischofsheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a German journalist and author. Schock grew up in Sinsheim. He studied literature and theater at the Free University of Berlin. In 1982 he published his first work ...

(born 1965), journalist and author *

Ludwig Jesselson Ludwig Jesselson (August 29, 1910 – April 3, 1993) was a German-born metal trader who served as president and CEO of ''Phibro, Philipp Brothers''. Biography Ludwig Jesselson was born on August 29, 1910, to an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox German ...

(born 1910), Philanthropist and Businessman

References

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