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Neckar
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Neckar river near Heidelberg.
Neckar river near Heidelberg.
OriginBlack Forest
MouthRhine
Basin countriesGermany
Length367 km
Source elevation706 m
Avg. discharge145 m³/s
Basin area±14,000 km²
The Neckar is a 367-km long river, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, but also a short section through Hesse in Germany, a major right tributary of the River Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. Rising in the Black Forest near Villingen-Schwenningen in the conservation area Schwenninger Moos at a height of 706 m above sea level, it passes through Rottweil, Rottenburg, Tübingen, Nürtingen, Plochingen, Esslingen, Stuttgart, Ludwigsburg, Marbach, Heilbronn and Heidelberg, before discharging into the Rhine at Mannheim (at 95 m above sea level).

Along its valley in the Odenwald hills, many castles can be found, like and in Haßmersheim, but also the closed nuclear power station which is due to be dismantled by 2023. After passing Heidelberg, the Neckar discharges on average 145 m³/s of water into the Rhine which makes the Neckar its 4th largest tributary, and the 10th largest river in Germany.

The name Neckar was derived via Nicarus und Neccarus from Celtic Nikros, meaning wild water or wild fellow. Since about 1100, Black Forest wood was transported by timber rafting, e.g. to Holland for the use in shipyards.

During the 19th century, traditional horse-drawn boats were replaced by steam boats that used a 155-km long chain in the river to pull themselves upstream. The railway made it possible to transport timber to the port of Heilbronn, limiting timber rafting to the lower part of the Neckar after 1899. Due to 11 locks, ships up to 1500t could travel to Heilbronn in 1935.



By 1968, the last of 27 locks, at Deizisau, was completed, making the Neckar navigable for cargo ships about 200 km upstream from Mannheim up to the river port of Plochingen, where the Fils joins and the Neckar bends, taking a Northwestern instead of a Northeastern direction. The other ports are in Stuttgart, Heilbronn and Mannheim.

The river's course provides a popular route for cyclists, especially during the summer months. Its steep valley sides are used as vineyards, to cultivate mainly Trollinger.

Towns along the Neckar

From its source to its confluence with the Rhine:

Main tributaries



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Tributaries of the Rhine
From the left: Vorderrhein | Thur | Tss | Glatt | Aare | Birs | Birsig | Ill | Sauer | Lauter (Wieslauter) | Queich | Speyerbach | Rehbach | Isenach | Eckbach | Eisbach | Pfrimm | Selz | Nahe | Moselle | Nette | Brohlbach | Ahr | Erft | From the right: Hinterrhein | Landquart | Ill | Dornbirner Ach | Bregenzer Ach | Argen | Schussen | Radolfzeller Aach | Wutach | Murg | Wehra | Wiese | Elz | Kinzig | Rench | Acher | Murg | Federbach | Alb | Pfinz | Kraichbach | Saalbach | Neckar | Weschnitz | Modau | Main | Wisper | Lahn | Wied | Sieg | Wupper | Dssel | Ruhr | Emscher | Lippe | Oude IJssel/Issel | Berkel | Schipbeek
 
Headstream is the origin of water flow that initiates the subject watercourse. It is the start of the river or stream.

The source of a river or stream may be a lake, a marsh, a spring, glacier, or a collection of headwaters.
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Black Forest (German Schwarzwald) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 meters (4,898 feet).
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Origin Grisons, Switzerland

Basin countries Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, Netherlands
Length 1,320 km (820 mi)
Source elevation Vorderrhein: approx. 2,600 m (8,500 ft)
Hinterrhein: approx. 2,500 m (8,200 ft)

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Anthem
"Das Lied der Deutschen" (third stanza)
also called "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit"
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Headstream is the origin of water flow that initiates the subject watercourse. It is the start of the river or stream.

The source of a river or stream may be a lake, a marsh, a spring, glacier, or a collection of headwaters.
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In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. The unit used is usually m³/s (cubic meters per second, or cumecs). For example, the average discharge of the Rhine river is 2200 m³/s.
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river is a natural waterway that transits water through a landscape from higher to lower elevations. It is an integral component of the water cycle. The water within a river is generally collected from precipitation through surface runoff, groundwater recharge (as seen at baseflow
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Länder (singular Land). Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesländer (federal states; singular Bundesland
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Baden-Württemberg
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Hessen
Hesse
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"Das Lied der Deutschen" (third stanza)
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Origin Grisons, Switzerland

Basin countries Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, Netherlands
Length 1,320 km (820 mi)
Source elevation Vorderrhein: approx. 2,600 m (8,500 ft)
Hinterrhein: approx. 2,500 m (8,200 ft)

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Mannheim

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Black Forest (German Schwarzwald) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 meters (4,898 feet).
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Villingen-Schwenningen

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Rottweil
Main street in Rottweil.
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The name Rottenburg can refer to:
  • The family of Rottenburg
  • The German town Rottenburg am Neckar
  • The German town Rottenburg an der Laaber

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  • Rottenberg
  • Rotenberg, Rothenberg
  • Rotenburg, Rothenburg

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Tübingen
Tübingen Altstadt from the St. Georg Stift.
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Also spelled "Nuertingen" (without "ü").

Nürtingen

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Plochingen

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Esslingen am Neckar

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Stuttgart
Stuttgart Schlossplatz (Castle square)
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Ludwigsburg

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The following places are called Marbach:

In Germany

  • the town Marbach am Neckar, district Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg
  • a part-City of Erbach (Odenwald) in Hessen
  • a part-City of Gomadingen, Baden-Württemberg ('Marbach an der Lauter')


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Heilbronn
View of the Heilbronn centre of town toward the Wartberg
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Heidelberg
Castle and "Old Bridge"
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Odenwald is a mountain chain in southern Hesse, northern Bavaria and northern Baden-Württemberg. The name may have been derived from Odins Wald ("Odin's wood"). However, "Forest of Odes" appears to be a more accurate translation.
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Hassmersheim.
Haßmersheim is a town in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


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Nuclear power is a type of nuclear technology involving the controlled use of nuclear fission to release energy for work including propulsion, heat, and the generation of electricity.
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