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The Zaber () is a minor tributary of the River
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 Schwen ...
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 betwee ...
. It is some 22 km in length and joins the Neckar from the west at Lauffen am Neckar. It has given its name to the Zabergäu, the area between the Heuchelberg and Stromberg hills.
Name
The first mention is from the year 793 as ''Zabernahgouwe'' (Zabernachgau). Traditionally it is assumed that the name is derived from the Latin word ''Taberna
A ''taberna'' (plural ''tabernae'') was a type of shop or stall in Ancient Rome. Originally meaning a single-room shop for the sale of goods and services, ''tabernae'' were often incorporated into domestic dwellings on the ground level flanking ...
'' ("restaurant", "street station"). It is assumed that the Roman settlement in today's Meimsheim bore this name (similar to the Alsatian place Zabern
Saverne (french: Saverne, ; Alsatian: ; german: Zabern ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km (2 ...
) and that with time the place name was transferred to the surroundings or to the river.Albrecht Greule: ''Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch. Etymology of the names of waters and the corresponding names of areas, settlements and fields.'' De Gruyter, Berlin 2014, This theory is supported by the fact that there was a traffic junction in Roman Meimsheim and that the place was possibly of administrative importance for the region.
The region known as the Zabergäu, the area between the Heuchelberg and Stromberg hills, takes its name from the Zaber.
Geography
Source
The ''Zaber'' rises in the district ofHeilbronn
Heilbronn () is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn District. With over 126,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state.
From the late Middle Ages, it developed into an important trading centre. A ...
about two kilometres south-southwest of Zaberfeld
Zaberfeld () is a town in the district of 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.
Neighboring communities
Zabe ...
on the northern slope of the forested Stromberg (landscape)
The Stromberg is a heavily forested hill ridge up to in the northern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.