Neckargemünd
Sign in to saveNeckargemünd (; ) 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. 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.
Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_photo
- Neckargemünd as seen from Kleingemünd across Neckar river.jpg
- German place.image_caption
- View of the town
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Neckargemünd COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Neckargemünd in HD.svg
- German place.state
- Baden-Württemberg
- German place.region
- Karlsruhe
- German place.district
- Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
- German place.elevation
- 127
- German place.area
- 26.16
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 08226056
- German place.postal_code
- 69151
- German place.area_code
- 06223
- German place.licence
- HD
- German place.website
- www.neckargemuend.de
- German place.mayor
- Jan Peter Seidel
- German place.leader_term
- 2024–32
- German place.party
- Independent
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Neckargemünd (; ) 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. 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.
==History== 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.