Rhine-Neckar
The Rhine-Neckar area is part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is largely urbanized in the west, with the three major cities Mannheim, Ludwigshafen am Rhein and Heidelberg.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Heidelberg and Karlsruhe.
Heidelberg
Heidelberg is a jewel among German travel destinations. Heidelberg has retained its baroque charm of narrow streets, picturesque houses and of course the world-famous Schloss. It is home to the oldest university in Germany.
Karlsruhe
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Karlsruhe is a city on the Rhine in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is in the north of the Black Forest, close to the French border. Karlsruhe is famous in Germany for both hosting two federal courts and being a major hub for science and technology.
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in the northwest corner of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers. It is close to Ludwigshafen.
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Explore places such as Heilbronn and Sinsheim.
Heilbronn
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Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by the Heilbronn District and it is over 1,200 years old. From the late Middle Ages on, it developed into an important trading centre.
Sinsheim
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Sinsheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about 22 kilometres southeast of Heidelberg and about 28 kilometres northwest of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar.
Hockenheim
Hockenheim is a town of 22,000 people in Northern Baden-Württemberg. It lies on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route.
Crailsheim
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Crailsheim is a town of 36,000 people in Northern Baden-Württemberg. The city's main attractions include two Evangelical churches, a Catholic church, and the 67-metre tower of its town hall.
Weinheim
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Weinheim is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, approximately 15 km north of Heidelberg and 10 km northeast of Mannheim. It has about 43,000 inhabitants.
Schwäbisch Hall
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Schwäbisch Hall is a city of 42,000 people in the valley of the Kocher river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The city's main landmarks are the market square with St Michael's Church, Comburg Castle with St Nicholas' Church, and the Hallian-Franconian Museum, dedicated to the art and history of Schwäbisch Hall and surrounding Heilbronn-Franconia.
Ladenburg
The small town of Ladenburg is on the Neckar, near Heidelberg, and is part of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.
Bretten
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Bretten is a town approximately 20 km north of Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Ettlingen
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Ettlingen, tucked between Karlsruhe and the Black Forest, is a small city with a history dating back to the Roman Empire.
Bad Mergentheim
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Bad Mergentheim is a town in the Main-Tauber-Kreis district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It has a population of around 23,000. An officially recognized spa town since 1926, Bad Mergentheim is also known as the headquarters of the Teutonic Order from 1526 until 1809.
Wertheim
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Wertheim is a city in Baden Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the delta of the river Tauber flowing into the river Main. It borders on the Odenwald and the Spessart to the north across the river Main.
Schwetzingen
Schwetzingen is a German town in northwest Baden-Württemberg, around 10 km southwest of Heidelberg and 15 km southeast of Mannheim. Schwetzingen is one of the five biggest cities of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district and a medium-sized centre between Heidelberg and Mannheim.Schriesheim
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Schriesheim is a town in Baden-Württemberg, north of Heidelberg on the Bergstraße and on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route.
Tauberbischofsheim
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Tauberbischofsheim is a German town in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg on the river Tauber with a population of about 13,000 in 2020. Tauberbischofsheim is a hidden jewel among German travel destinations.
Rhine-Neckar
- Type: Region with 2,390,000 residents
- Description: polycentric metropolitan region located in south western Germany
- Also known as: “Northern Baden-Württemberg” and “Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region”
- Category: metropolitan region in Germany
- Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Rhine-Neckar” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Regjionin Rhein-Neckar”
- Albanian: “Rhein-Neckar”
- Balinese: “Wawengkon métropolitan Rhine-Neckar”
- Bulgarian: “Метрополен регион Рейн-Некар”
- Catalan: “Àrea metropolitana Rin-Neckar”
- Chinese: “莱茵-内卡城市群”
- Chinese: “莱茵/内卡城市群”
- Chinese: “萊茵-內卡”
- Chinese: “萊茵－內卡”
- Chinese: “萊茵-內卡城市群”
- Chinese: “萊茵-內卡都會區”
- Chinese: “萊茵/內卡城市羣”
- Chinese: “萊茵/內卡城市群”
- Dutch: “Metropoolregio Rijn-Neckar”
- Dutch: “Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region”
- Esperanto: “Kurpfalz”
- Esperanto: “Metropola regiono Rejno-Neckar”
- Esperanto: “Metropola regiono Rejno-Nekaro”
- Esperanto: “Metropola regiono Rhein-Neckar”
- Esperanto: “Regiona ligo Rhein-Neckar”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Rejno-Neckar”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Rejno-Nekaro”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Rhein-Neckar”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Rhein-Nekaro”
- Esperanto: “Rejno-Neckar-Triangulo”
- Esperanto: “Rejno-Nekaro-triangulo”
- Esperanto: “Rejno-Nekaro”
- Esperanto: “Rhein-Neckar-Dreieck”
- Esperanto: “Rhein-Neckar-Triangulo”
- Esperanto: “Rhein-Nekaro”
- Finnish: “Rein-Neckar-kolmio”
- Finnish: “Rein-Neckar”
- Finnish: “Rein–Neckar”
- Finnish: “Rhein-Neckar”
- French: “Aire urbaine Rhin-Neckar”
- French: “Région métropolitaine Rhin-Neckar”
- French: “Region Rhin-Neckar”
- French: “Région Rhin-Neckar”
- German: “Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar GmbH”
- German: “Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar-Dreieck”
- German: “Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar”
- German: “Region Rhein-Neckar”
- German: “Rhein-Neckar-Dreieck”
- German: “Rhein-Neckar-Gebiet”
- German: “Rhein-Neckar-Raum”
- German: “Rhein-Neckar-Region”
- German: “Rhein-Neckar”
- German: “Verband Region Rhein-Neckar”
- German: “Verdichtungsraum Rhein-Neckar”
- Icelandic: “Rhein-Neckar”
- Italian: “Baden-Württemberg settentrionale”
- Italian: “regione metropolitana del Reno-Neckar”
- Italian: “regione metropolitana Reno-Neckar”
- Italian: “Regione metropolitana Reno-Neckar”
- Italian: “Rhein-Neckar-Dreieck”
- Italian: “Triangolo Reno-Neckar”
- Japanese: “ライン＝ネッカー大都市圏”
- Japanese: “ライン＝ネッカー広域連合”
- Northern Frisian: “Metropoolregiuun Rhein-Neckar”
- Persian: “راين-نكار”
- Persian: “راین-نکار”
- Pfaelzisch: “Medropolregion Rhoi-Negga”
- Pfaelzisch: “Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar”
- Polish: “Region Rhein-Neckar”
- Romanian: “Baden-Württemberg de Nord”
- Russian: “Регион Рейн-Неккар”
- Russian: “Треугольник Рейн-Неккар”
- Slovenian: “Metropolitanska regija Ren - Neckar”
- Slovenian: “Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar”
- Slovenian: “Rhein-Neckar-Region”
- Slovenian: “Severni Baden-Württemberg”
- Spanish: “Region Metropolitana Rhein-Neckar”
- Spanish: “Región metropolitana Rhein-Neckar”
- Spanish: “Región Metropolitana Rhein-Neckar”
- Swedish: “Rhein-Neckar-området”
- Swedish: “Rhein-Neckar”
- Swedish: “Rhen-Neckar-området”
- Swedish: “Rhen-Neckar”
- Swiss German: “Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar”
- Swiss German: “Region Rhein-Neckar”
- Tosk Albanian: “Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar”
- Urdu: “رائن-نیکار”
- Venetian: “Baden-Würtenberg setentrionałe”
- Welsh: “Ardal Fetropolitan Rhine-Neckar”
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