Walheim () is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg,

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with a considerable

viticulture Viticulture (, "vine-growing"), viniculture (, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine ...

. Besides the village Walheim there are no other places belonging to the municipal area of Walheim.

Geography and climate

Walheim is situated in a height of 171 to 260 meters between the

Neckar The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern States of Germany, 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 ...

and the vineyards. The annual average temperature is 9.5 °C (49 °F) and the annual rainfall amounts to 700 L/m². Due to the mild climate the Walheim forest does not feature naturally located

conifers Conifers () are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All e ...

, but mixed forest with a fairly big amount of

oak An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...

Historical geography

The abandoned village Dambach is situated in the municipal area of Walheim.

History

Already in the

Neolithic Age The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wid ...

around 4000 to 2500 BC the area of Walheim was populated. A female skeleton found in 1980 has been dated to 1500 BC and therefore belongs to the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

. Starting 450 BC

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foot ...

defense and living facilities have been built. Many vestiges of the Romans can be found in Walheim: There are remnants of two Roman

castra ''Castra'' () is a Latin language, Latin term used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire for a military 'camp', and ''castrum'' () for a 'Fortification, fort'. Either could refer to a building or plot of land, used as a fortified milita ...

and a vast civil settlement. During the period of 85 to 120 AC the area of Walheim was an important emporium. As from 233 AC the

Alamanni The Alemanni or Alamanni were a confederation of Germanic tribes * * * on the Upper Rhine River during the first millennium. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Roman emperor Caracalla of 213 CE, the Alemanni c ...

began to settle the territory and in 496 AC the region became

Franconia Franconia ( ; ; ) is a geographical region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (). Franconia is made up of the three (governmental districts) of Lower Franconia, Lower, Middle Franconia, Middle and Upper Franco ...

Economy and infrastructure

Walheim is a town with a significant viticulture. Close by the town the Walheim power plant is located. Kraftwerk Walheim 2010

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the community

C Melperger - Johannes Chr Harpprecht 1628

* Johannes Christoph Harpprecht (1560-1639), professor of rights at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (; ), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University of Tübingen is one of eleven German Excellenc ...

People who work or have worked in Walheim

* Philipp Ludwig Hermann Röder (1755-1831), from 1811 priest in Walheim

References

{{Authority control Ludwigsburg (district) Populated places on the Neckar basin Populated riverside places in Germany