Hemsbach

Hemsbach
Saint Lawrence Church
Hemsbach
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Karlsruhe
District Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Mayor Volker Pauli (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 12.86 km2 (4.97 sq mi)
Elevation 107 m  (351 ft)
Population 12,290 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 956 /km2 (2,475 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate HD
Postal codes 69494–69502
Area code 06201
Website www.hemsbach.de

Hemsbach is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the Bergstraße, 18 km northeast of Mannheim.

Hemsbach has restored one of the synagogues that flourished in the town before Kristallnacht.

Hemsbach is twinned with the English town of Wareham, Dorset.

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