HEILBRONN (DISTRICT)

'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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History

Geography

Coat of arms

Cities and towns

External links

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. In 1938 the it was recognized as a district, 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.

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''.

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.

Cities and towns

Cities	Towns
# Bad Friedrichshall # Bad Rappenau # Bad Wimpfen # Beilstein # Brackenheim # Eppingen # Güglingen # Gundelsheim# Lauffen# Löwenstein# Möckmühl# Neckarsulm# Neudenau# Neuenstadt am Kocher# Schwaigern# Weinsberg# Widdern	#Abstatt #Cleebronn #Eberstadt #Ellhofen#Erlenbach (Württemberg) #Flein #Gemmingen #Hardthausen (Kocher)#Ilsfeld #Ittlingen #Jagsthausen #Kirchardt #Langenbrettach #Lehrensteinsfeld #Leingarten #Massenbachhausen #Neckarwestheim#Nordheim (Württemberg) #Obersulm #Oedheim #Offenau #Pfaffenhofen #Roigheim #Siegelsbach #Talheim#Untereisesheim #Untergruppenbach #Wüstenrot #Zaberfeld
Administrative districts
#Bad Friedrichshall#Bad Rappenau#Brackenheim#Eppingen#Flein-Talheim#Lauffen#Möckmühl#Neckarsulm#Neuenstadt#Oberes Zabergäu#Obersulm#Schozach-Bottwartal#Schwaigern#Raum Weinsberg

External links

★ Official website (German)