Neckarwestheim is a municipality with 3524 inhabitants in the Heilbronn district, Baden-Württemberg , in south-west Germany . It is located on the Neckar river and is well known as the location of a nuclear power station , the Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant .
15-508: Neckarwestheim is located in the south of the District of Heilbronn . Neighbouring towns and municipalities of Neckarwestheim are (clockwise): Lauffen (Neckar) , Ilsfeld (both in the same district), Großbottwar , Mundelsheim , Besigheim , Gemmrigheim and Kirchheim (Neckar) (all of the district of Ludwigsburg). Neckarwestheim was first mentioned on March 5, 1123, in a document of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V called Westheim. In 1673,
30-635: 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
45-518: 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 . The district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts Buchen and Mosbach. At first it
60-523: Is its own separate administrative area. 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
75-399: Is responsible for its Catholic Christians . Population development: Neckarwestheim is the location of the nuclear power station Neckar (GKN) which has two pressurized water reactors, rated 741 and 1365 MW. In the communal election of June 13, 2004, the district council of Neckarwestheim got 12 seats. The result is as follows: Further member of the district council and its chairman is
90-624: The Wine-growing community Neckarwestheim eG . Neckarwestheim belongs to the wine area of Württemberg. Neckarwestheim is located near the A81 and the B27. The nearest stations are located in Lauffen (Neckar) and Kirchheim (Neckar) . In the town there's a primary school. The local library has around 13,000 media at its disposal. Apart from three communal kindergartens there is also a Protestant one in
105-521: The dissolved Oberämter Neckarsulm, Brackenheim, Marbach and Besigheim were added. The city of Heilbronn was not included in 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. The main river in
120-923: 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 . 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. Towns ( Städte ): Municipalities ( Gemeinden ): Municipal associations ( Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaften and Gemeindeverwaltungsverbände ): 49°10′N 9°15′E / 49.16°N 9.25°E / 49.16; 9.25 Neckar-Odenwald Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
135-559: The interior on March 4, 1963. Neckarwestheim is twinned with: Liebenstein Castle was built in 1120. In 1982 it was bought by the municipality and passed on to an association. There is now a restaurant and a hotel at the castle. Next to the castle is a golf course. The most important enterprise of Neckarwestheim is its nuclear power station carried on by the EnBW . 150 wine-growers of Neckarwestheim and Ilsfeld's district Schozach joined to
150-402: The mayor. Blazon : In a split sign, in front a green wreath, behind in green a silver spade. The flag of the municipality is green and white. The spade was already shown in a seal of 1684. Until 1938 there was an arms with split sign and three branches. After the branches were replaced by the wreath of the 1684's arms. Simultaneous arms and flag were laid down and bestowed by the ministry of
165-459: The municipal finances. In 1995, Neckarwestheim was at the centre of attention in an internationally known scandal. The previous mayor, Horst Armbrust , was accused of having embezzled more than 40 million DM of the municipal funds. He put this money in different dubious investments and hoped for high yields. However, the money disappeared nearly without a trace. Armbrust was arrested and committed for trial on February 8, 1995. On January 24, 1996, he
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#1732801573295180-556: The region was called Württemberg and the town was renamed to Kaltenwesten. On August 19, 1884, it was renamed in Neckarwestheim by a royal decree. In 1938 the district was named Heilbronn. After World War II , the currently agricultural town received many refugees and exiles of the East. In the 1970s, the nuclear power station of Neckarwestheim was built on the previous area of a quarry. The taxes on this new power station enriched
195-428: The town. Heilbronn (district) Landkreis Heilbronn ( German pronunciation: [haɪlˈbʁɔn] ) is a Landkreis (district) 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
210-684: 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 . 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
225-551: Was sentenced by the Stuttgart district court to 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 years in prison for unfaithfulness and falsification of a document. On May 17, 1999, the Konstanz district court imposed this suspended sentence. By February 2005, the municipality succeeded in getting back around 13 million €. The court costs amount to 2 million €. There is a separate Protestant parish in Neckarwestheim. The Catholic parish of Lauffen am Neckar
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