Kraichtal is a town in the north-eastern part of the Karlsruhe district in

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. It was founded in 1971 by a merger of nine smaller municipalities.

Geography

Kraichtal is a town embedded in western

Kraichgau The Kraichgau () is a hilly region in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Odenwald and the Neckar to the North, the Black Forest to the South, and the Upper Rhine Plain to the West. To the east, its boundary is c ...

, a hilly landscape between the

Black Forest The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is th ...

Odenwald The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the Germany, German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Location The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße Route, Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried' ...

forest and the

Neckar The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar ...

river. Kraichtal (literally ''Kraich Valley'') got its name from the Kraich river, which flows through Kraichtal, and then eventually into the

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Neighbouring towns

The following towns neighbour Kraichtal:

Eppingen Eppingen () is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The town has the second-largest population in the district. Eppingen lies in the Kraichgau, a hilly region in southwestern Germany, close to the conf ...

and Zaisenhausen,

Oberderdingen Oberderdingen is a town in the district of Karlsruhe, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 30 km east of Karlsruhe and 32 km west of Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-W ...

Bretten Bretten (; South Franconian: ''Bredde'') is a town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Geography Bretten lies in the centre of a rectangle that is formed by Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Heilbron ...

Bruchsal Bruchsal (; South Franconian: ''Brusl'') is a city at the western edge of the Kraichgau, approximately 20 km northeast of Karlsruhe in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Bruchsal is the lar ...

Ubstadt-Weiher Ubstadt-Weiher is a municipality in northern Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the ...

and Oestringen.

Districts

Kraichtal consists of nine districts, each district (Stadtteil) representing one of the nine municipalities which merged to become Kraichtal in 1971: * Bahnbrücken * Gochsheim (Baden) * Landshausen * Menzingen (Baden) * Münzesheim * Neuenbürg (Baden) * Oberöwisheim * Oberacker * Unteröwisheim Count Eberstein Castle lies in Gochsheim, in the north east of Kraichtal. KraichtalGochsheimSchloss

References

{{Karlsruhedistrict-geo-stub Karlsruhe (district)