Kraichtal

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Kraichtal
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Karlsruhe
Town subdivisions	9 Stadtteile
Mayor	Ulrich Hintermayer (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	80.56 km² (31.1 sq mi)
Elevation	177 m (581 ft)
Population	14,914 (31/12/2006)
- Density	185 /km² (479 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KA
Postal code	76703
Area codes	07250, 07251, 07258, 07259
Website	www.kraichtal.de Coordinates: 49°07′27″N 08°42′53″E / 49.12417, 8.71472

Kraichtal is a town in the north-eastern part of the Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

[edit] Geographical Description

Kraichtal is a German town embedded in western Kraichgau, a hilly landscape between the Black Forest, Odenwald forest and the Neckar river. Through Kraichtal flows the river Kraichbach, which then eventually flows into the River Rhine.

[edit] Neighbouring Towns

The following towns neighbour Kraichtal: Eppingen and Zaisenhausen, Oberderdingen, Bretten, Bruchsal, Ubstadt-Weiher and Oestringen.

Church of St. Martin in Kraichtal.

[edit] Districts

Kraichtal is formed by nine districts which consist of Unteroewisheim, Oberoewisheim, Munzesheim, Gochsheim (Baden), Oberacker, Neuenbuerg (Baden), Menzingen (Baden), Landshausen and Bahnbruecken.

Gochsheim Castle lies in the north east of Kraichtal.

The inner courtyard of Gochsheim Castle.

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Karlsruhe (district)

Bad Schönborn \| Bretten \| Bruchsal \| Dettenheim \| Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen \| Ettlingen \| Forst (Baden) \| Gondelsheim \| Graben-Neudorf \| Hambrücken \| Karlsbad (Baden) \| Karlsdorf-Neuthard \| Kraichtal \| Kronau \| Kürnbach \| Linkenheim-Hochstetten \| Malsch \| Marxzell \| Oberderdingen \| Oberhausen-Rheinhausen \| Östringen \| Pfinztal \| Philippsburg \| Rheinstetten \| Stutensee \| Sulzfeld \| Ubstadt-Weiher \| Waghäusel \| Waldbronn \| Walzbachtal \| Weingarten (Baden) \| Zaisenhausen