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Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis

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 Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis is part of the Rhine Neckar Area.

History

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

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.

Municipalities

Towns

1. Adelsheim
2. Buchen (with 2 unofficial district offices)
3. Mosbach (seat of the official district office)
4. Osterburken
5. Ravenstein
6. Walldürn

Communities

1. Aglasterhausen
2. Billigheim
3. Binau
4. Elztal
5. Fahrenbach
6. Hardheim
7. Haßmersheim
8. Höpfingen
9. Hüffenhardt
10. Limbach
11. Mudau
12. Neckargerach
13. Neckarzimmern
14. Neunkirchen
15. Obrigheim
16. Rosenberg (Baden)
17. Schefflenz
18. Schwarzach
19. Seckach
20. Waldbrunn
21. Zwingenberg (Baden)

Administrative districts

1. Hardheim-Walldürn
2. Haßmersheim
3. Kleiner Odenwald
4. Limbach
5. Mosbach
6. Neckargerach-Waldbrunn
7. Osterburken
8. Schefflenztal
9. Seckachtal