Bad Wimpfen
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Location of Bad Wimpfen within Heilbronn district
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| Coordinates: 49°14′N 9°10′E / 49.233°N 9.167°ECoordinates: 49°14′N 9°10′E / 49.233°N 9.167°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart | |
| District | Heilbronn | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Claus Brechter | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 19.38 km2 (7.48 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 6,971 | |
| • Density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 74206 | |
| Dialling codes | 07063 | |
| Vehicle registration | HN | |
| Website | www.badwimpfen.de | |
| Imperial City of Wimpfen | ||||||||||
| Reichsstadt Wimpfen | ||||||||||
| Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Wimpfen | |||||||||
| Languages | South Franconian | |||||||||
| Government | Republic | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | City founded | 13th century | ||||||||
| • | Gained Reichsfreiheit | ca 1300 1300 | ||||||||
| • | Battle of Wimpfen | May 6, 1622 | ||||||||
| • | Mediatised to Baden, but annexed by Hesse-Darmstadt | 1802–03 | ||||||||
| • | Renamed Bad Wimpfen | 26 April 1930 | ||||||||
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Bad Wimpfen is a historic spa town in the district of Heilbronn in the Baden-Württemberg region of southern Germany. It lies north of the city of Heilbronn, on the river Neckar.
Bad Wimpfen is located on the west bank of the River Neckar, around 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Heilbronn. The town is divided into two parts: the older Wimpfen im Tal (Lower Wimpfen/ literally Wimpfen in the valley) situated on the Neckar, and Wimpfen am Berg (Upper Wimpfen/ literally Wimpfen on the hill) containing the town centre. Besides the town itself, the village Hohenstadt also belongs to Bad Wimpfen.
Neighbouring town and municipalities of Bad Wimpfen are (clockwise from the south): Heilbronn, Bad Rappenau, Offenau, Bad Friedrichshall, Untereisesheim and Neckarsulm.
First traces of settlement at Bad Wimpfen date from the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. An old trade road running from France forks here towards Nürnberg and Öhringen linking to the Danube. Several archaeological finds demonstrate that the route has existed since prehistoric times.
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