Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis Knowpia

Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
District
	Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Karlsruhe
Capital	Mosbach (Baden)
Government
• District admin.	Achim Brötel (CDU)
Area
• Total	1,126.29 km2 (434.86 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)
• Total	145,493
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	MOS, BCH
Website	http://www.neckar-odenwald-kreis.de

Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis is a Landkreis (district) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from east clockwise) Main-Tauber-Kreis, Hohenlohe-Kreis, Heilbronn, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Odenwaldkreis (Hesse) and Landkreis Miltenberg (Bavaria). The district is part of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region.

History edit

The district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts Buchen and Mosbach. At first it was named Odenwaldkreis, however to avoid confusion with the neighboring district in Hesse with the same name it was renamed in 1974 to be Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis.

Geography edit

As the name already suggests the district is located in the Odenwald mountains, with the highest elevation at the Katzenbuckel (626 m) near Waldbrunn in the west of the district. The main river of the district is the Neckar.

Coat of arms edit

The district's coat of arms might be described thus: Per pale dexter bendy lozengy argent and azure, sinister gules a wheel spoked of six argent. The coat of arms shows the symbols of the two historical rulers of the district. On the dexter (armsbearer’s right, viewer’s left) side is the blue and white "bendy lozengy" (that is, slanted diamond shapes) of the Wittelsbach family as owners of the Electorate of the Palatinate; on the sinister (armsbearer’s left, viewer’s right) side is the Wheel of Mainz, a symbol of the old Electorate of Mainz.

Municipalities edit

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Towns	Communities
Adelsheim Buchen (with 2 unofficial district offices) Mosbach (seat of the official district office) Osterburken Ravenstein Walldürn	Aglasterhausen Billigheim Binau Elztal Fahrenbach Hardheim Haßmersheim Höpfingen Hüffenhardt Limbach Mudau Neckargerach Neckarzimmern Neunkirchen Obrigheim Rosenberg (Baden) Schefflenz Schwarzach Seckach Waldbrunn Zwingenberg (Baden)
Administrative districts
Hardheim-Walldürn Haßmersheim Kleiner Odenwald Limbach Mosbach Neckargerach-Waldbrunn Osterburken Schefflenztal Seckachtal

References edit

^ "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.

External links edit

Official website (German)

49°29′N 9°17′E / 49.483°N 9.283°E / 49.483; 9.283

[1] "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.

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