Neckarelz is a suburb of Mosbach 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 ...

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Geography

Neckarelz is in northern Baden-Württemberg, between the Odenwald and

Kraichgau The Kraichgau () is a hilly region in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Odenwald and the Neckar to the North, the Black Forest to the South, and the Upper Rhine Plain to the West. To the east, its boundary is c ...

, at the confluence of the Neckar and Elz rivers. On the other side of the Neckar, are the towns of Hochhausen and

Obrigheim Obrigheim ( South Franconian: ''Owweringe'') is a town in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the location of the Obrigheim Nuclear Power Plant Obrigheim Nuclear Power Plant (KWO) is a mothballed nucl ...

. Next to Neckarelz, is the suburb of Diedesheim.

History

The town was part of 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 ...

from around 1362.

Religion

Until

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, Neckarelz was almost completely

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

. After the arrival of

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

refugees, a new church was built.

Demographics

Neckarelz is the largest suburb of Mosbach, with approximately 6,500 inhabitants.

Coat of arms

This depicts the rhombuses of the

at the top and a fish below.

Education

Neckarelz has several kindergartens, a primary school (named after

Clemens Brentano Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano (also Klemens; pseudonym: Clemens Maria Brentano ; ; 9 September 1778 – 28 July 1842) was a German poet and novelist, and a major figure of German Romanticism. He was the uncle, via his brother Christian, of Franz ...

), and a grammar and

Hauptschule A ''Hauptschule'' (, "general school") is a secondary school in Germany, starting after four years of elementary schooling (''Grundschule''), which offers Lower Secondary Education (Level 2) according to the International Standard Classification ...

, (both named after Auguste Pattberg).

Transport

Neckarelz has a train station, connecting to the

Neckar Valley Railway The Neckar Valley Railway, or Neckar Valley Main Line (german: Neckartalbahn) is a railway line from Heidelberg via Eberbach and Mosbach to Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld in southwestern Germany. Today it is administered by the Verkehrsverbund Rhei ...

and the line to Osterburken, and a harbour.

Buildings

Image:Neckarelz-tempelhaus-web1.jpg, Tempelhaus - old castle of the

Knights Hospitaller The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headq ...

(12th/13th century) Image:Neckarelz-kirche-web.jpg, Protestant church Image:Neckarelz-rathaus.jpg, Verwaltungsstelle - "subsidiary" of the town hall of Mosbach Image:Neckarelz-posthalterei-web.jpg, example for a timber framing in Neckarelz: the "Alte Posthalterei"

External links

Webseite der Stadtverwaltung Mosbach
Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis {{BadenWurttemberg-geo-stub