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 .
4-563: Osterburken ( pronunciation ) is a town in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg , Germany . It is situated 28 km southwest of Tauberbischofsheim , 50 km northeast of Heilbronn , 90 km east of Heidelberg , 60 km southwest of Würzburg and 30 km east of Mosbach . The S1 S-Bahn line of VRN public transport service operates between Homburg (Saarland) and Osterburken, hence
8-635: 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
12-586: The same name it was renamed in 1974 to be Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis . 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 . The district's coat of arms might be described thus: Per pale dexter bendy lozengy argent and azure, sinister gules
16-459: The train station here is used frequently to transfer to and from other trains. This Neckar-Odenwald location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Neckar-Odenwald 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
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