Adelsheim

Adelsheim
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Adelsheim
Location of Adelsheim within Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis district
Coordinates: 49°24′17″N 09°23′21″E / 49.40472°N 9.38917°E / 49.40472; 9.38917Coordinates: 49°24′17″N 09°23′21″E / 49.40472°N 9.38917°E / 49.40472; 9.38917
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Gramlich (CDU)
Area
• Total	43.84 km2 (16.93 sq mi)
Elevation	226 m (741 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	5,016
• Density	110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	74740
Dialling codes	06291
Vehicle registration	MOS, BCH
Website	www.adelsheim.de

Adelsheim (German pronun­cia­tion: [ˈaːdəlshaɪm]) is a small town in northern Baden-Württemberg, about 30 km north of Heilbronn. The state-recognized resort of Adelsheim in the Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis looks back on a 1,200-year heritage.

Adelsheim lies at the mouth of the river Kirnau which comes from the west, emptying into the river Seckach coming from the north. The combined stream was used in building the town fortifications. Farther downstream, the Seckach flows by Möckmühl into the Jagst, thence into the Neckar, and thence into the Rhine.

The Adelsheim area is part of the greater geographical region known as the Bauland, a mountain range stretching from the Odenwald in the northwest to the Jagst valley in the south as well as to the Tauber valley in the east. Part of the municipality's area lies within the Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park.

Sennfeld lies about 3 km southwest along the Seckach valley and has about 1,250 inhabitants. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1110. In 1615, Margaretha von Carben, who was Götz von Berlichingen's granddaughter, endowed the Evangelical parish church. The Sennfeld Schloss (stately home), formerly owned by kin of the Barons of Berlichingen, was built in 1713 in a countrified Baroque style.

Leibenstadt, a former knightly village with about 320 inhabitants lying south of Adelsheim was first mentioned in a document in 1293, and has been part of Adelsheim since 1971. Website: http://www.leibenstadt.de

The hamlet of Wemmershof, lying 3 km west of Adelsheim, saw the beginning of its village history in 1423. In the Middle Ages, the landlords relinquished the property to the farmers who lived there at the time. Today Wemmershof is now, as then, a community shaped by agriculture, and it has about 50 inhabitants.