Kirchardt
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| Coordinates: 49°12′N 8°59′E / 49.200°N 8.983°ECoordinates: 49°12′N 8°59′E / 49.200°N 8.983°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart | |
| District | Heilbronn | |
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| • Mayor | Rudi Kübler | |
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| • Total | 21.50 km2 (8.30 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 227 m (745 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 5,649 | |
| • Density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 74912 | |
| Dialling codes | 07266 | |
| Vehicle registration | HN | |
| Website | www.kirchardt.de | |
Kirchardt (
listen ) is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Kirchardt is in the north-west of Heilbronn and belongs to the outskirts of the Stuttgart Metropolitan Region. Starting in the north and proceeding in a clockwise direction, the neighbouring towns and cities of Kirchardt are Bad Rappenau, Massenbachhausen, Gemmingen, Eppingen, Ittlingen (all in the Heilbronn region) and Sinsheim (in the Rhein-Neckar region). Kirchardt is part of a unified community authority which also consists of Bad Rappenau and Siegelsbach. Kirchardt consists of the core community of Kirchardt proper, plus the peripheral communities of Berwangen and Bockschaft. Previously there was another community in the town, Lauterstein, but it was later absorbed into Kirchardt proper. The town of Kirchardt has approximately 5,500 inhabitants, of which 3,700 live in Kirchardt itself, with 1,400 in Berwangen and 400 people in Bockschaft.
The first signs of human activity in the area date from the Bronze Age, but the earliest settlement to be detected so far was Celtic, from the sixth century B.C.E.. From 90 to 260 C.E., the occupying Romans constructed streets and buildings in various parts of civitas alisinensis (the area which would later become Elsenzgau) to support the Neckar-Odenwald limes. A villa rustica from that era was uncovered in Kirchardt in 1832, as well as a farmstead with a deep well. An important Roman road ran through what is now Berwangen, where a Jupiter Column was also found. With the withdrawal of the Romans from the east of Rhine and the concurrent arrival of the Alemanni, the buildings crumbled completely.
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