Heilbronn (district)

Heilbronn
District
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Stuttgart
Capital	Heilbronn
Area
• Total	1,099.59 km2 (424.55 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)
• Total	326,035
• Density	300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	HN
Website	http://www.landkreis-heilbronn.de

Landkreis Heilbronn (German pronunciation: [haɪlˈbʁɔn]) is a district (Kreis) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Neckar-Odenwald, Hohenlohe, Schwäbisch Hall, Rems-Murr, Ludwigsburg, Enz, Karlsruhe and Rhein-Neckar. In the centre of it is the free-city of Heilbronn, which is its own separate administrative area.

History

The predecessor to the district is the Oberamt Heilbronn, which was created in 1803 when the previously Free Imperial City of Heilbronn was incorporated into the Electorate of Württemberg. In 1926, about half of the Oberamt (old district) of Weinsberg was added. In 1938, it was recognized as a district, and in addition to the previous Oberamt, parts of the dissolved Oberämter Neckarsulm, Brackenheim, Marbach and Besigheim were added. The city of Heilbronn was not included into the district. In 1973, the Landkreise (districts) were reorganized, and part of the dissolved districts of Sinsheim, Mosbach, Buchen and Schwäbisch Hall were added. Within the following two years 5 municipalities were incorporated into the city and therefore left the district, which got its current borders in 1975.

Geography

The main river in the district is the Neckar, which flows through the district from the south to the north. The western part of the district belongs to the landscape Kraichgau, the east to the Hohenloher Ebene, Kocher-Jagst-Ebene, and the Löwensteiner Berge.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a clawless eagle, the symbol of the Counts of Lauffen, who ruled the area of the district in the 13th century.

Cities and municipalities

1. Bad Friedrichshall
2. Bad Rappenau
3. Bad Wimpfen
4. Beilstein
5. Brackenheim
6. Eppingen
7. Güglingen
8. Gundelsheim
9. Lauffen
10. Löwenstein
11. Möckmühl
12. Neckarsulm
13. Neudenau
14. Neuenstadt am Kocher
15. Schwaigern
16. Weinsberg
17. Widdern

Cities	Municipalities
Abstatt Cleebronn Eberstadt Ellhofen Erlenbach (Württemberg) Flein Gemmingen Hardthausen (Kocher) Ilsfeld Ittlingen Jagsthausen Kirchardt Langenbrettach Lehrensteinsfeld Leingarten Massenbachhausen Neckarwestheim Nordheim (Württemberg) Obersulm Oedheim Offenau Pfaffenhofen Roigheim Siegelsbach Talheim Untereisesheim Untergruppenbach Wüstenrot Zaberfeld
	Administrative districts
	Bad Friedrichshall Bad Rappenau Brackenheim Eppingen Flein-Talheim Lauffen Möckmühl Neckarsulm Neuenstadt Oberes Zabergäu Obersulm Schozach-Bottwartal Schwaigern Raum Weinsberg

External links

• Official website (German)