Neckarsulm

Neckarsulm
Neckarsulm
Location of the town of Neckarsulm within Heilbronn district
Coordinates	49°11′30″N 9°13′28″E / 49.19167°N 9.22444°E / 49.19167; 9.22444Coordinates: 49°11′30″N 9°13′28″E / 49.19167°N 9.22444°E / 49.19167; 9.22444
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Heilbronn
Town subdivisions	4
Mayor	Joachim Scholz (2008)
Basic statistics
Area	24.94 km2 (9.63 sq mi)
Elevation	162 m  (532 ft)
Population	26,511 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	1,063 /km2 (2,753 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HN
Postal code	74172
Area code	07132
Website	Neckarsulm.de

Neckarsulm (German pronunciation: [nɛkarˈzʊlm]) is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Stuttgart, and part of the district Heilbronn. As of 2004, Neckarsulm had 27,296 inhabitants.

The rivers Neckar and Sulm join there, hence the name, which is often misunderstood or mispronounced as "Neckars Ulm", which would mean the Ulm of the Neckar, in comparison to the city of Ulm, which is far to the East, and on the Danube at the border between Baden-Wuerttemburg and Bavaria.

Both the former NSU Motorenwerke AG (which has been acquired by Audi), the Audi Aluminium Plant, and quattro GmbH are located here. The NSU logo on early vehicles stands for "NeckarSUlm". Lidl is also from Neckarsulm.

Neckarsulm is famous for being ranked first in the German Solarbundesliga (cities beginning at 10,000 inhabitants), a competition in renewable energy installations. Its other fame is that the Neckarsulm-Gundelsheim Weingaertnergenossenschaft (vintner's co-operative) is reputed to be the oldest in Germany; trollinger and lemberger are the principal varieties of grape that are grown.

Buildings and Constructions

• Teutonic Knights castle with Deutsches Zweirad- und NSU-Museum(the Motorcycle Museum of Germany)
• Neckarsulm TDS Office Tower
• Obereisesheim transmitter
• The mediaeval city wall is mostly intact along the riverside aspect of the town.

Sister Cities

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

City	Country	Year
Carmaux	France
Bordighera	Italy
Grenchen	Switzerland
Zschopau	Germany
Budakeszi	Hungary

Gallery

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  Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm

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  Old House of Neckarsulm

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  Church "St. Dionysius"

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  Old Castle of the Teutonic Knights "Deutschordensschloss"

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  Vineyards on mountain "Scheuerberg"

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 31 December 2009. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf.