Neckarwestheim
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| Neckarwestheim | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Heilbronn |
| Mayor | Mario Dürr |
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| Area | 13.97 km² (5.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 254 m (833 ft) |
| Population | 3,517 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 252 /km² (652 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | HN |
| Postal code | 74382 |
| Area code | 07133 |
| Website | www.neckarwestheim.de |
| Location of Neckarwestheim within Heilbronn district | |
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Neckarwestheim is a municipality with 3524 inhabitants in the district Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, south-west Germany. It is located at the Neckar river and is well-known as the location of a nuclear power station.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Geographical position
Neckarwestheim is located in the south of the District of Heilbronn.
[edit] Neighbouring municipalities
Neighbouring towns and municipalities of Neckarwestheim are (clockwise): Lauffen (Neckar), Ilsfeld (both in the same district), Großbottwar, Mundelsheim, Besigheim, Gemmrigheim and Kirchheim (Neckar) (all of the district of Ludwigsburg).
[edit] History
Neckarwestheim was first mentioned on March 5th, 1123 in a document of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V called as Westheim. In 1673 the town came to Württemberg and was renamed in Kaltenwesten. On August 19th, 1884 it was renamed in Neckarwestheim by a royal decree. In 1938 it came to the district of Heilbronn.
After World War II the currently agricultural characterized town received many refugees and exiles of the East. In the 1970s, the nuclear power station of Neckarwestheim was built on the previous area of a quarry. By this new power station and its paid trade tax, the municipal finances became very rich.
In 1995, Neckarwestheim was in the centre of attention in an international noticed scandal: The previous mayor Horst Armbrust was accused of having embezzled more than 40 million DM of the municipal fortune and a donation. He put this money in different dubious investments and hoped for high yields. However, the money disappeared nearly without a trace. Armbrust was arrested and committed for trial on February 8th, 1995. On January 24th, 1996, he was sentenced by the district court Stuttgart of unfaithfulness and falsification of a document to an imprisonment of 8 years and a half. On May 17th, 1999, the district court Konstanz imposed this suspended sentence. Until February 2005 the municipality succeeded in getting back around 13 million €. The court costs amount to 2 million €.
[edit] Religions
There's a separate Protestant parish in Neckarwestheim. The Catholic parish of Lauffen am Neckar is responsible for its Catholic christians.
[edit] Nuclear power station
Neckarwestheim is the location of the joint nuclear power station Neckar (GKN) with 2 pressurized water reactors, with nominal electrical power resp. 741 and 1365 MW.
[edit] Politics
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[edit] Mayors
[edit] District council
By the communal election of June 13th, 2004, the district council of Neckarwestheim got 12 seats. The result is as follows:
- CDU: 39.2% (-2.3), 5 seats (=)
- SPD: 33.5% (+3.4), 4 seats (=)
- Freie Bürgerbewegung Neckarwestheim: 27.3% (-1.0), 3 seats (=)
Further member of the district council and its chairman is the mayor.
[edit] Arms and flag
Blazon: In a split sign, in front a green wreath, behind in green a silver spade.
The flag of the municipality is green and white.
The spade was already shown in a seal of 1684. Until 1938 there was an arms with splitted sign and three branches. After the branches were replaced by the wreath of the 1684's arms. Simultaneous arms and flag were laid down and bestowed by the ministry of the interior on March 4th, 1963.
[edit] Twin town
Neckarwestheim maintains a partnership with the French municipality Ceton in the Department Orne.
[edit] Culture and sights
[edit] Buildings
Liebenstein Castle was built in 1120. In 1982 it was bought by the municipality and passed on to an association. There is now a restaurant and a hotel at the castle. Next to the castle is a golf course.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
The most important enterprise of Neckarwestheim is its nuclear power station carried on by the EnBW.
[edit] Wine-growing
150 wine-growers of Neckarwestheim and Ilsfeld's district Schozach joined together to the Wine-growing community Neckarwestheim eG. Neckarwestheim belongs to the wine area of Württemberg.
[edit] Traffic
Neckarwestheim is located near of the A81 and the B27. The nearest stations are located in Lauffen (Neckar) and Kirchheim (Neckar).
[edit] Education
In the town there's a primary school. The local library has around 13,000 media at its disposal. Apart from three communal kindergartens there's a Protestant one in the town.
[edit] External links
- [1] The official website of the town (in German).
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