NECKAR-ODENWALD-KREIS

'Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis' is a district (''Kreis'') in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from east clockwise) Main-Tauber-Kreis, Hohenlohe, Heilbronn, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, and the district Odenwaldkreis in Hesse. ''Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis'' belongs to the Rhine Neckar Area.

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History

Geography

Coat of arms

Cities and towns

External links

History

The district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts Buchen and Mosbach. At first it was named ''Odenwaldkreis'', however to avoid confusion with the neighboring district in Hesse with the same name it was renamed in 1974 to be ''Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis''.

Geography

As the name already suggests the district is located in the Odenwald mountains, with the highest elevation at the Katzenbuckel (626 m) near Waldbrunn in the west of the district. The main river of the district is the Neckar.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms

The coat of arms show the symbols of the two historic rulers of the district. To the left is the blue-white checkered symbol of the Wittelsbach family as owner of the Palatinate - former ''Pfalz by Rhine'' at Heidelberg, to the right is the wheel of Mainz - one of the Elector-Bishops of the old Germany.

Cities and towns

Cities	Towns
#Adelsheim#Buchen#Mosbach#Osterburken#Ravenstein#Walldürn	#Aglasterhausen#Billigheim#Binau#Elztal#Fahrenbach#Hardheim#Haßmersheim#Höpfingen#Hüffenhardt#Limbach (Neckar-Odenwald)#Mudau#Neckargerach#Neckarzimmern#Neunkirchen bei Mosbach#Obrigheim#Rosenberg (Baden)#Schefflenz#Schwarzach (Neckar-Odenwald)#Seckach#Waldbrunn#Zwingenberg (Baden)
Administrative districts
#Hardheim-Walldürn#Haßmersheim#Kleiner Odenwald#Limbach#Mosbach#Neckargerach-Waldbrunn#Osterburken#Schefflenztal#Seckachtal

External links

★ Official website (German)