Kirchheim

Kirchheim (, literally German for "Churchville") is a southern district town of the city of Heidelberg in north-west Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

==History== First traces of a settlement here derive from vessels found dating back to 3500-1800 BC. Germanic tribes settled here during the early Roman period known as the "neckarsuebische". The town is first mentioned in the year 767 AD as Chirichheim in the Lorsch Codex. It belonged to the Kurpfalz and formed the heart of an administrative unit called Zent. The early medieval village was composed of three fields, where related settlements were combined by the formation of a central church of representatives of the "fraenisch" kingdom. Hence the name Kirchheim.