Neckargemünd

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Neckargemünd
Town
View of the town
Coat of arms
Location of Neckargemünd within Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district
Neckargemünd Show map of Germany Neckargemünd Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 49°23′38″N 08°47′51″E / 49.39389°N 8.79750°E / 49.39389; 8.79750
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2024–32)	Jan Peter Seidel[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	26.15 km2 (10.10 sq mi)
Elevation	127 m (417 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	13,576
• Density	520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	69151
Dialling codes	06223
Vehicle registration	HD
Website	www.neckargemuend.de

Neckargemünd (Palatine German: Neggergmin) is a town in Germany, in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, state of Baden-Württemberg. It lies on the Neckar, 10 km upriver from Heidelberg at the confluence with the river Elsenz.^[3] This confluence of the two rivers is the origin of the name, as Neckargemünd means confluence of the Neckar. As of 2006, there were 14,122 inhabitants.

The region has been occupied by people for a half a million years as shown by the find of Homo heidelbergensis in nearby Mauer in 1907. Stone shards and stone axes have been found from the Early Stone Age. During Roman times the area was settled by Celts and Suebi. Grave stones from the 2nd and 3rd century in Kleingemünd show Celtic names. From the end of the 5th century the Franks held sway over the region. An iron spear tip and two iron arrow heads were left behind in Neckargemünd.^[3]

Neckargemünd was founded in the 10th century, most likely as a fishing village. Neckargemünd was first mentioned by name in documents in 988. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor enfeoffed Hildebald, Bishop of Worms, with the royal forests around Wimpfen and Neckarbischofsheim. Neckargemünd was named as the northwest corner of this area: a loco Gemundi ubi Elisinzia fluvius influit Neccaro fluvio. The counts of Lauffen also played a role in the region after making Dilsberg the seat of their domain.^[3] Neckargemünd became a free town in 1286. In 1395 it passed to the elector palatine and, together with the surrounding district, became part of Baden in 1814.

Neckargemünd with Kleingemünd

Neckargemünd with current boroughs

Neckargemünd includes a number of boroughs (Ortsteile) not part of the core settlement Neckargemünd.

• Kleingemünd (1 January 1907) – independent from 1860-1906
• Dilsberg (1 January 1973) - a small historic village with a medieval castle ruin, the village includes Neuhof, Dilsbergerhof and Rainbach
• Waldhilsbach (1 January 1974)
• Mückenloch (1 January 1975)

• 1855–1861: Georg Reibold
• 1862–1867: Julius Friedrich Menzer
• 1867–1873: Carl Heckmann
• 1873–1899: Carl Thilo
• 1899–1902: Carl Wittmann
• 1903–1909: Franz Heeg
• 1909–1910: Wilhelm Steinbrunn
• 1910–1917: Georg Schneider
• 1917–1919: Carl Kirchmayer
• 1919–1928: Dr. Emil Leist
• 1928–1939: Georg Müßig
• 1939–1942: Wilhelm Cloos
• 1942–1945: Gottfried Kramer (first vice mayor, then mayor)
• 1945–1948: Georg Lampertsdörfer
• 1948–1966: Heinrich Held (1948–1951 temporary)
• 1966–1984: Kurt Schieck
• 1984–2000: Oskar Schuster
• 2000-2016: Horst Althoff (CDU)
• 2016–2024: Frank Volk^[6]
• 2024-2032: Jan Peter Seidel

Neckargemünd is twinned with:^[7]

• Evian-les-Bains, France (1970)
• Missoula, United States (1993)
• Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic (1996)
• Romeno, Italy (1996)

Neckargemünd also has friendly relations with Valeč in the Czech Republic.^[7]

• Rainer Ohlhauser (born 1941), footballer

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Neckargemünd". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 337.

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