Waibstadt () 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.
It belongs to the municipal administration union "Waibstadt", which consists of
Epfenbach,
Helmstadt-Bargen
Helmstadt-Bargen is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
The town has three schools and 2 concert venues.
Of the three places that have been offered as home of Dr. Faust, Helmstadt is the one mentioned in co ...
,
Neckarbischofsheim,
Neidenstein,
Reichartshausen and Waibstadt itself. Furthermore, it is part of the touristic region
Brunnenregion.
Geography
Geographic location
Waibstadt is located in the valley of the
Schwarzbach in the northern
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 ...
, about 25 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 ...
and about 6 km north of
Sinsheim
Sinsheim (, South Franconian: ''Sinse'') is a town in south-western Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about south-east of Heidelberg and about north-west of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar.
Geography
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.
Neighbour municipalities
The town is surrounded in the northwest by
Neidenstein, in the north by
Epfenbach, in the northeast by
Helmstadt-Bargen
Helmstadt-Bargen is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
The town has three schools and 2 concert venues.
Of the three places that have been offered as home of Dr. Faust, Helmstadt is the one mentioned in co ...
, in the east by
Neckarbischofsheim, in the south by
Sinsheim
Sinsheim (, South Franconian: ''Sinse'') is a town in south-western Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about south-east of Heidelberg and about north-west of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar.
Geography
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and in the west by
Zuzenhausen and
Eschelbronn.
Parts of town
Besides the main town Waibstadt, the two villages
Daisbach and
Bernau are part of Waibstadt.
History
The first documented mentioning date at 795 AD, but there are indications, that at the same place there was a Roman settlement.
References
External links
Offizielle InternetpräsenzOffizielle Internetpräsenz des Ortsteils Daisbach
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