Neckargemünd

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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Neckargemünd within Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district

(2016–24) Frank Volk^[1]Area

• Total26.15 km² (10.10 sq mi)Elevation

127 m (417 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total13,576 • Density520/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

69151

Dialling codes06223Vehicle registrationHDWebsitewww.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.

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.^[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.

Population development

Neckargemünd with Kleingemünd

Year	1439	1577	1688	1727	1818	1852	1905	1939	1965
Population^[4]	295	855	550	877	1956	2702	2637	3862	8107

Neckargemünd with current boroughs

Year	1961	1970	1991	1995	2005	2010	2015
Population^[5]	10.120	11.763	14.562	14.559	14.280	13.905	13.369

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)

Mayors

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–: Frank Volk^[6]

Twin towns – sister cities

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]

Notable people

Rainer Ohlhauser (born 1941), footballer

References

^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 14 September 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Stadtgeschichte Neckargemünd" (in German). Neckargemünd. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
^ Kreisbeschreibung Bd. 2 S. 741: Neckargemünd mit Kleingemünd, ohne Dilsberg, Mückenloch und Waldhilsbach.
^ Kreisbeschreibung Bd. 2 S. 741: Neckargemünd mit Kleingemünd, ohne Dilsberg, Mückenloch und Waldhilsbach.
^ "Mit 50,9 Prozent wird Frank Volk Neckargemünds Bürgermeister".
^ ^a ^b "Partnerstlädte und Verbindungen". neckargemuend.de (in German). Neckargemünd. Retrieved 2021-06-04.

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.