Rhein-Neckar

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State:	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. Region:	Karlsruhe
Region:	Rhein-Neckar-Odenwald
Capital:	Heidelberg
Area:	1061.71 km²
Inhabitants:	528,962 (2002)
pop. density:	498 inh./km²
Car identification:	HD
Homepage:	http://www.rhein-neckar-kreis.de
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Rhein-Neckar is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bergstraße, Odenwaldkreis, Neckar-Odenwald, Heilbronn, Karlsruhe, district-free Speyer, the district Ludwigshafen, and district-free Mannheim and Heidelberg.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links

History

The district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts Heidelberg, Mannheim and a big part of Sinsheim.

Geography

It's named after the two main rivers which flow through the district, Rhine and Neckar. The highest elevation is the Stiefelhöhe near Heiligkreuzsteinach with 583 m in the Odenwald mountains, the lowest elevation with 92 m is near Ilvesheim in the Neckar valley.

Coat of arms

The wavy line in the left of the coat of arms represent the two rivers Rhine and Neckar. The lion in the right side is the symbol of Palatinate, as the area belonged to that area historically.

Towns and municipalities

Eberbach Eppelheim Hemsbach Hockenheim Ladenburg Leimen Neckarbischofsheim Neckargemünd Rauenberg Schwetzingen Schönau Schriesheim Sinsheim Waibstadt Walldorf Weinheim Wiesloch

Municipalities Altlußheim Angelbachtal Bammental Brühl Dielheim Dossenheim Edingen-Neckarhausen Epfenbach Eschelbronn Gaiberg Heddesbach Heddesheim Heiligkreuzsteinach Helmstadt-Bargen Hirschberg Ilvesheim Ketsch Laudenbach Lobbach

Malsch Mauer Meckesheim Mühlhausen Neidenstein Neulußheim Nußloch Oftersheim Plankstadt Reichartshausen Reilingen Sandhausen St. Leon-Rot Schönbrunn Spechbach Wiesenbach Wilhelmsfeld Zuzenhausen

External links

Official website (German)