Neckarwestheim

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base data
Land of the Federal Republic: Baden-Wuerttemberg
governmental district: Stuttgart
region: Heilbronn Franconia
district: Heilbronn
geographical situation:
Coordinates: 49° 03 ' N, 09° 11 ' O
49° 03 ' N, 09° 11 ' O
height: 254 m and. NN
surface: 13.97 km ²
inhabitants: 3.523 (31. December 2004)
Population density: 252 inhabitants for each km ²
foreigner portion: 9.6%
postal zip codes: 74380-74382
(old: 7129)
Preselection: 07133
Kfz characteristics: HN
municipality key: 08 1 25 066
municipality arrangement: 1 local part
address
of the local administration:
Market place 1
74382 Neckarwestheim
Website: www.neckarwestheim.de
E-Mail address:
Politics
Mayor: Mario dryly
situation of the municipality Neckarwestheim
in the district Heilbronn

Neckarwestheim is a municipality in the district Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg. It is far away well-known as location of the nuclear power station Neckarwestheim. By the high trade tax incomes of the nuclear power station operator EnBW is Neckarwestheim one of the richest municipalities in the districtHeilbronn with up-to-date (February 2005) over 30 million euro reserves.

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Geografie

geographical situation

of Neckarwestheim is in the southern district Heilbronn because of the Neckar and belongs to the edge zone of the Metropolregion Stuttgart.

neighbour municipalities

neighbour of cities and - municipalities Neckarwestheims are (in Clockwise direction, beginning in the northwest): Lauffen at the Neckar, ILS field (both district Heilbronn), Grossbottwar, Mundelsheim, defeating home (partial place Ottmarsheim), Gemmrigheim and Kirchheim at the Neckar (all district Ludwigsburg). With Lauffen and north home Neckarwestheim an agreed upon central administrative body was received.

history

Neckarwestheim becameto 5. March 1123 in a document of the emperor Heinrich V. as west home mentions for the first time. The place belonged to the counts von Lauffen. 1673/1678 arrived the place at Württemberg, one half of the gentlemen von Liebenstein, the other one from the Mark counts ofBathe acquired. The place was called meanwhile the cold west. Until 1807 duly to the office for staff love stone, arrived it then at the upper office Bietigheim, 1810 at the upper office defeating home. To 19. August 1884 was renamed the place with royal decree in Neckarwestheim. 1938 came Neckarwestheim to the district Heilbronn.

After the Second World War the up to then predominantly agriculturally coined/shaped place accepted many refugees and refugees of homeland from the east. Into the 1970er-Jahren the nuclear power station Neckarwestheim, that developed the Neckarwestheimer community finances by the paid trade tax into that on the area of a former quarry of the Portland Cementwerkethe following decades substantially enriched.

1995 were located to Neckarwestheim in the center one country widely and also internationally considered scandal: the mayor at that time Horst arm chest was accused of over 40 million DM of the fortune the municipality and a donation to have defrauded. It had the money illegitimately into different dubiousPlants put and for high net yields hoped for. The money disappeared however in dark channels. Arm chest became to 8. February 1995 arrests and brought in remand. To 24. January 1996 condemned it the regional court Stuttgart because of unfaithfulness and falsification of documents to eight one half years detention. To 17. May 1999 exposed the regional court to Konstanz the remainder of its punishment on the probation, and he became prematurely from the detention to dismiss. The attempt to at least partly back-get the defrauded money employs its successor Mario dry (1996 selected) and the municipality Neckarwestheim up to the today's day. After manyProcesses against different banks at home and abroad, Neckarwestheim to today (February 2005) about 13 million euro had used, could the arm chest for its illegitimate business recover, which about 2 million euro court and lawyer costs face.

there

are religions in Neckarwestheim oneown Evangelist church municipality. For catholic Christians the catholic church municipality is responsible in Lauffen at the Neckar.

politics

Rathaus in Neckarwestheim
city hall in Neckarwestheim
Fachwerkhaus in Neckarwestheim
half timbered house in Neckarwestheim
Schloss Liebenstein
lock love stone

mayor

Local council

the local council Neckarwestheims has after the local election of 13. June of 2004 12 seats. The choice furnished the following result:

  1. CDU 39.2% (- 2.3) - of 5 seats (=)
  2. SPD 33.5% (+3,4) - 4 seats (=)
  3. free citizen combination Neckarwestheim 27.3% (- 1.0) - 3 seats (=)

further member of theLocal council and its chairman is a mayor.

coats of arms and flag

Blasonierung: In split sign in front in silver a greener wreath/ring, in the back in green a silver spade.

The flag of the municipality is green white.

The spade already is in a seal of 1684proven, at that time in combination with one wreath/ring and two deer seaweeds. Until 1938 led the municipality a coat of arms, which showed the spade in front in split sign three württembergischen deer seaweeds, in the back. 1938 became on suggestion of the württembergischen archives management deer seaweeds by the wreath/ring from the sealfrom 1684 replaces. At the same time the colors were specified by coats of arms and flag. Coats of arms and flag are the municipality of the ministry of the Interior of Baden-Wuerttemberg to 4. March 1963 lent.

partner municipality

Neckarwestheim maintains a partnership since 1977 with the municipality Ceton in the Département Orne, France.

culture and objects of interest

of buildings

lock love stone, which became former master seat of the Mr. von Liebenstein, starting from 1120 delighted. 1982 were acquired it by the municipality and to the carrier association lock love stone sport, culture and leisure facilities GmbH& cost. Kg more far-reaching. The lock is used today as restaurant and hotel. Beside the lock a golf course, that is from the gulf and land club lock love stone registered association. one operates.

economics and infrastructure

most important enterprise locally are from that Energy Baden-Wuerttemberg claimant nuclear power station Neckarwestheim.

150 winegrowers from Neckarwestheim and ILS fields the partial place Schozach united viticulture in the wine gardner cooperative wine gardner Neckarwestheim EEC. The Neckarwestheimer situations belongs to the large situation church vineyard in the range Württembergisch Unterland of the Weinbaugebietes Württemberg.

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Traffic

Neckarwestheim lies in the proximity of A 81 (exit ILS field) and B 27 (in Lauffen at the Neckar or Kirchheim at the Neckar). Likewise in Lauffen and Kirchheim were stations of the Franconia course Stuttgart - Heilbronn.

media

over the happening inNeckarwestheim reports the daily paper Heilbronner voice in its expenditure SW, southwest.

education

in Neckarwestheim gives it a primary school. The Neckarwestheimer library has an existence of 11.000 media. In addition there is an Evangelist kindergarten beside three local also.

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