Neckarbischofsheim () is a town in the district of
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
The Rhein-Neckar-Kreis is a district in the northwest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The administrative headquarters are based in the city Heidelberg, which is a district-free city. As of 2019, the district is the most populous in Baden-Württe ...
, in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...
,
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 north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. It is situated 8 km northeast of
Sinsheim
Sinsheim (; ) is a town in southwestern Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about southeast of Heidelberg and about northwest of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar.
Geography
Overview
Sinsheim consists o ...
, and 24 km southeast of
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...
.
Mayors
* 1949–1974: Albert Kumpf
* 1974–1990: Günter Burkhardt
* 1990–2004: Rolf Geinert (SPD)
* 2004–2012: Hans-Joachim Vogt
* 2012–2020: Tanja Grether
*Since 2020: Thomas Seidelmann
Notable people
*
Karl Mayer (1786–1870), jurist and poet
*
Louis Mayer (painter) (1791–1843), landscape painter
*
Axel Schock
Axel Schock (born 11 September 1965 in Neckarbischofsheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a German journalist and author.
Schock grew up in Sinsheim. He studied literature and theater at the Free University of Berlin. In 1982 he published his first work ...
(born 1965), journalist and author
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Ludwig Jesselson (born 1910), philanthropist and businessman
References
External links
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
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