Elztal
Elztal is a municipality in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is named after the valley of the river Elz.
Key facts
- German location.name
- Elztal
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Elztal COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Elztal in MOS.svg
- German location.state
- Baden-Württemberg
- German location.region
- Karlsruhe
- German location.district
- Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
- German location.elevation
- 198
- German location.area
- 46.63
- German location.postal_code
- 74834
- German location.area_code
- 06261, 06293, 06267
- German location.licence
- MOS, BCH
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 08 2 25 117
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Article
24 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Municipality structure
- Coats of arms
- History
- Colonization
- Middle Ages
- Leiningen and Baden
- World Wars and post-war years
- Educational facilities
- Important firms
- Muckental
- Rittersbach
- Auerbach bei Mosbach
- Dallau
- Sights and special features
- The water castle of Elztal
- Religious institutions
- The Limes
- Walking and hiking
- Municipal elections
- 2004
- 2009
- References and sources
- External links
Elztal is a municipality in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is named after the valley of the river Elz.
==Geography== right|250px|thumb|Subnet plan of the RheinNeckar S-Bahn|S-Bahn RheinNeckar The municipality Elztal is located in the southern part of the Odenwald, close to Mosbach at the B 27, B 292 and L 615. The next district cities are Heilbronn in the South and Heidelberg in the North. The local river Elz or sometimes called Elzbach is flowing through Rittersbach, Dallau and Neckarburken and ends at Neckarelz into the Neckar river. The highest point of Elztal is located in Dallau at the Urnberg. At the moment there's a part of a former NATO base (Nike-Stellung D 1/67; later: A 3/71); today a cattle farm (Cattle-Horse-Ranch). The former living complex in the valley was demolished in 2007.
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