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Löwenstein Hills
The Löwenstein Hills () are a hill range up to , in the counties of Landkreis Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Landkreis Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Rems-Murr-Kreis and Hohenlohekreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. They are named after the town of Löwenstein. Geography Location According to the classification of the Handbook of Natural Region Divisions of Germany,Emil Meynen and Josef Schmithüsen (1953–1962) ''Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands'' the Löwenstein Hills are natural region number 108.1 in the Swabian-Franconian Forest in the Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains. Most of the range belongs to the Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park. The forested hill country lies around 40 kilometres north-northeast of Stuttgart and about 20 kilometres east-southeast of Heilbronn between the Hohenlohe Plain to the north, the Mainhardt Forest to the northeast, the Murrhardt Forest to the southeast, the Backnang Bay to the south and the Neckar Basin to the wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swabian-Franconian Forest
The Swabian-Franconian Forest (, also ''Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald'') is a mainly forested, deeply incised upland region, 1,187 km² in area and up to , in the northeast of Baden-Württemberg. It forms natural region major unit number 108 within the Swabian Keuper-Lias Land (major unit group 10 or D58). Its name is derived from the fact that, in medieval times, the border between the duchies of Franconia and Swabia ran through this forested region. In addition, the Swabian dialect in the south transitions to the East Franconian dialect in the north here. Hill ranges and hills The Swabian-Franconian Forest is divided clockwise (beginning roughly in the north) into the Waldenburg Hills, Mainhardt Forest, Limpurg and Ellwangen Hills, Virngrund, Murrhardt Forest, Löwenstein Hills, Heilbronn Hills and Sulm Plateau; in addition the valley of Weinsberger Tal, which lies between the last two uplands, is part of the region The highest point of the Swabian-Franconian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainhardt Forest
The Mainhardt Forest is a hill range up to {{GeoQuelle, DE, BFN-Karten in the counties of Schwäbisch Hall and Heilbronn, Hohenlohekreis and Rems-Murr-Kreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is named after the municipality of Mainhardt that lies at its centre. Hills The highest point of the Mainhardt Forest is the '' Hohe Brach'' (586.4 m) between the villages of Erlach and Grab in the municipality of Großerlach. Another hill in the range is the Steinknickle (524.9 m) near Wüstenrot. Near Großerlach the treeless ''kuppe'' of the ''Altwald'' (552.0 m) offers a view far across the Swabian-Franconian Forest. On the forested ''kuppe'' of the '' Flinsberg'' (also called the ''Flehnsberg'') (534.8 m) near Oberrot are mighty outcrops of flint blocks. In the southeast the Mainhardt Forest runs between the valleys of the Rot and Kocher The Kocher () is a -longincluding its source river Schwarzer Kocher right tributary of the Neckar in the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wüstenrot
Wüstenrot is a municipality in the Mainhardt Forest with about 6,800 inhabitants, more than half of them in small incorporated villages. The village is the birthplace of the Wüstenrot Bausparkasse (Wüstenrot Building Society). Geography Location Wüstenrot is in the forest in the southeast of the district of Heilbronn in the natural region of the Swabian-Franconian Forest. The River Rot runs through central Wüstenrot. Wüstenrot consists of the five towns (and former municipalities) Wüstenrot, Finsterrot, Maienfels, Neuhütten, Neulautern and the abandoned village of Neuhütte in Joachimstal. Neighbours Neighboring cities and municipalities of Wüstenrot are (moving clockwise, starting in the west) the towns of Beilstein and Löwenstein (both in Heilbronn), Bretzfeld (Hohenlohe), Mainhardt ( Schwäbisch Hall), Großerlach and Spiegelberg (within Rems-Murr-Kreis) and Oberstenfeld (Prevorst district, Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obersulm
Obersulm is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in the 1970s as a merger of the formerly independent municipalities Affaltrach, Eichelberg, Eschenau, Sülzbach, Weiler, and Willsbach. It is situated 12 km east of Heilbronn. Its name refers to its geographical location in the upper ("Ober-") valley of the small river Sulm. The nineteenth-century synagogue has been restored in 1987. Demographics Population development: See also * Jews in Affaltrach The history of the Jews in Affaltrach in Obersulm, Germany started in the 17th century and ended in the 20th century during the The Holocaust, Holocaust. Affaltrach is a village in southwest Germany, in the Obersulm municipality, about 50 k ... References Heilbronn (district) {{Heilbronndistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neckarsulm
Neckarsulm () is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Heilbronn, and part of the district of Heilbronn. , Neckarsulm had 26,800 inhabitants. The name Neckarsulm derives from the city's location where the Neckar and Sulm rivers meet. Neckarsulm is known for its renewable energy projects and wine. The Weingärtnergenossenschaft Neckarsulm-Gundelsheim (winegrower's cooperative of Neckarsulm and Gundelsheim) is the oldest winegrower's collective in Germany. The wine Trollinger and Lemberger are the principal varieties of grape grown in this region. The Schwarz Gruppe (Schwarz Group) who leads both companies Lidl and Kaufland has its headquarters in Neckarsulm. Neckarsulm was first mentioned in a document in 771 and was granted city status around 1300. The city celebrated its 1250th birthday in 2021. Geography Neckarsulm is located on the eastern side of the Neckar River Valley. The town is approximately from the Löwenstein Mountains and is part of the Swabian- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erlenbach (Landkreis Heilbronn)
Erlenbach may refer to several places: Switzerland *Erlenbach, Switzerland, a Canton of Zurich *Erlenbach im Simmental, a Canton of Berne Germany * Erlenbach, Baden-Württemberg, a municipality in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg * Erlenbach bei Dahn, a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, Rhineland-Palatinate *Erlenbach bei Kandel, a municipality in the district of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate * Erlenbach bei Marktheidenfeld, a community in the district Main-Spessart, Bavaria *Erlenbach am Main, a town in the district of Miltenberg, Bavaria * Nieder-Erlenbach, a neighborhood of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse Rivers * Erlenbach (Enz), in Baden-Württemberg, tributary of the Enz *Erlenbach (Jagst), in Baden-Württemberg, tributary of the Jagst * Erlenbach (Bever), in North Rhine-Westphalia, tributary of the Bever *Erlenbach (Hillersbach), in Hesse, tributary of the Hillersbach *Erlenbach (Nidda), in Hesse, tributary of the Nidda *Erlenbach (Nidder), in Hesse, tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langenbrettach
Langenbrettach () is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... The two towns Brettach and Langenbeutingen were combined in 1975. Demographics Population development: References Heilbronn (district) {{Heilbronndistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberstadt (Württemberg)
Eberstadt () is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is best known for its winegrowing and its yearly international high jump meeting (the Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting Eberstadt The Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting was an annual high jumping competition which took place in Eberstadt, Germany. Established as a men's competition in 1979, it quickly became an important meeting in the high jump calendar, with Jacek Wszoła s ...). References External links Website of the high jump meeting in German Heilbronn (district) {{Heilbronn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bretzfeld
Bretzfeld is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Hohenlohe (district), Hohenlohe district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located east of Heilbronn. There is an exit (Nr. 39) with the same name at the A6 motorway (Germany), A6 motorway. Today's Bretzfeld is a sort of ''collective municipality'' or ''merger'' as the following 11 villages (''Village#Germany, Ortsteile''), that each have their own history and previously were independent, were incorporated into the ''original'' village of Bretzfeld throughout 1972 and 1975: Adolzfurt, Bitzfeld, Brettach, Dimbach, Geddelsbach, Rappach, Scheppach, Schwabbach, Siebeneich, Unterheimbach, Waldbach History In 1973, the districts of Heilbronn and Hohenlohe of today were established. All villages, except for Brettach, were included in the Hohenlohe district and were later merged into Bretzfeld in 1975, thus losing their status as completely independent municipalities. The exception Brettach was part of the Heilbro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weinsberg
Weinsberg (South Franconian: ''Weischberg'') is a town in the north of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It was founded around 1200 and is situated in the Heilbronn district. The town has about 13,000 inhabitants. It is noted for its wine. Geography Geographical position Weinsberg lies in the eastern Heilbronn district in the northeast part of Baden-Wuerttemberg, between the Neckar in the west and the Löwenstein mountains in the east. The small river Sulm rises from the Löwenstein mountains and flows into the Neckar after approximately . The valley formed of the Sulm and its tributaries is called ''Weinsberger Tal''. The city mainly lies in and on the tendencies of the valley of the Stadtseebach (also called Saubach), a southern tributary of the Sulm. The Sulm flows by Weinsberg's area, but not by the city itself, and only a small northern part of the city lies at the edge of the Sulm valley. Northwest of the town centre rises the Burgberg, with the ruins of '' Weiber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulm Plateau
Sulm or Sülm may refer to: * Sulm (Germany), a river in Germany * Sulm (Austria), a river in Austria * Sülm Sülm is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Geography Sülm lies in the Southwest Eifel, about 5 km southeast of the county town Bitburg. The area extends to the so-called "Bitburger ..., a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Sulm (Greyhawk), an ancient nation in the Dungeons & Dragons ''World of Greyhawk'' campaign setting {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heilbronn Hills
The Heilbronn Hills () in the borough of Heilbronn with foothills in the county of Heilbronn are the northwestern outliers of the Lowenstein Hills in the south German state of Baden-Württemberg and reach a height of . Together with the Sulm Plateau to the northeast they are often known as the Heilbronn Uplands (''Heilbronner Bergland''). Geography Location The Heilbronn Hills forms the northwestern foothills of the Löwenstein Hills in the west-northwestern part of the Swabian-Franconian Forest. The region extends from north to south, bulging eastwards in a sickle-shape around the city of Heilbronn. In the north and northeast it is bounded by the valley of Weinsberger Tal on the far side of which is the Sulm Plateau. To the east on the other side of the valley of the Stadtseebach (''Saubach'') are the west-northwest foothills of the Mainhardt Forest, to the southeast the range transitions into the Lowenstein Hills themselves and in the southwest, west and northwest they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
