Heilbronn (district)

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Heilbronn

Map of Baden-Württemberg highlighting the district Heilbronn
State Baden-Württemberg
County seat Heilbronn
Adm. region Stuttgart
Region Heilbronn-Franken
Area 1,099.59 km²
Population 325,173 (2002)
pop. density 296 inh./km²
Car identification HN
Web page http://www.landkreis-heilbronn.de

Heilbronn is a district (Kreis) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Neckar-Odenwald, Hohenlohe, Schwäbisch Hall, Rems-Murr, Ludwigsburg, Enz, Karlsruhe and Rhein-Neckar. The district-free city Heilbronn is completely surrounded by the district.

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[edit] History

The origin of the district is the Oberamt Heilbronn, which was created in 1803 when the previously Free Imperial City of Heilbronn was incorporated into the kingdom of Württemberg. In 1926 about half of the Oberamt (old district) of Weinsberg was added. 1938 the district was created, and in addition to the previous Oberamt parts of the dissolved Oberämter Neckarsulm, Brackenheim, Marbach and Besigheim were added. The city Heilbronn was not included into the district. In 1973 the districts were reorganized, and part of the dissolved districts Sinsheim, Mosbach, Buchen and Schwäbisch Hall were added. In next two years 5 municipalities were incorporated into the city and therefore left the district, which got its current borders in 1975.

[edit] Geography

The main river in the district is the Neckar, which flows through the district from the south to the north. The western part of the district belongs to the landscape Kraichgau, the east to the Hohenloher Ebene, Kocher-Jagst-Ebene and the Löwensteiner Berge.

[edit] Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms show a clawless eagle, the symbol of the Counts of Lauffen, who ruled the area of the district in the 13th century.

[edit] Cities and towns

Cities Towns
  1. Bad Friedrichshall
  2. Bad Rappenau
  3. Bad Wimpfen
  4. Beilstein
  5. Brackenheim
  6. Eppingen
  7. Güglingen
  8. Gundelsheim
  9. Lauffen (Neckar)
  10. Löwenstein
  11. Möckmühl
  12. Neckarsulm
  13. Neudenau
  14. Neuenstadt am Kocher
  15. Schwaigern
  16. Weinsberg
  17. Widdern
  1. Abstatt
  2. Cleebronn
  3. Eberstadt
  4. Ellhofen
  5. Erlenbach (Württemberg)
  6. Flein
  7. Gemmingen
  8. Hardthausen (Kocher)
  9. Ilsfeld
  10. Ittlingen
  11. Jagsthausen
  12. Kirchardt
  13. Langenbrettach
  14. Lehrensteinsfeld
  15. Leingarten
  16. Massenbachhausen
  17. Neckarwestheim
  18. Nordheim (Württemberg)
  19. Obersulm
  20. Oedheim
  21. Offenau
  22. Pfaffenhofen (Württemberg)
  23. Roigheim
  24. Siegelsbach
  25. Talheim (Heilbronn)
  26. Untereisesheim
  27. Untergruppenbach
  28. Wüstenrot
  29. Zaberfeld
Administrative districts
  1. Bad Friedrichshall
  2. Bad Rappenau
  3. Brackenheim
  4. Eppingen
  5. Flein-Talheim
  6. Lauffen
  7. Möckmühl
  8. Neckarsulm
  9. Neuenstadt
  10. Oberes Zabergäu
  11. Obersulm
  12. Schozach-Bottwartal
  13. Schwaigern
  14. Raum Weinsberg

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