Bammental
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Mayor	Gerhard Vogel
Basic statistics
Area	12. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states ( ''Bundesländer'') Karlsruhe is one of the four administrative districts( Regierungsbezirk) of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the north-west of the state German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' This article is about the German district Rhein-Neckar-Kreis. Burgomaster (alternatively spelled Burgo[[meister]], literally translated meaning master of the town or master of the Fortress Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 16 km² (4. 7 sq mi)
Elevation	125 m  (410 ft)
Population	6,512  (31/03/2007)
- Density	536 /km² (1,387 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HD
Postal codes	69243–69245
Area code	06223
Website	www.bammental.de Coordinates: 49°21′03″N 08°46′33″E / 49.35083, 8.77583

Bammental is a municipality in Rhein-Neckar Kreis of Baden-Württemberg. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered __FORCETOC__ Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen abbreviated to PLZ consist of five digits which indicate the wider area (first two digits and the see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers cell phones etc A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. This article is about the German district Rhein-Neckar-Kreis. Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Geography

Bammental is about 9 km southeast of Heidelberg and 13 km northeast of Sinsheim in the Elsenz valley, between Mauer and Neckargemünd. Heidelberg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2006 over 140000 people live within the city's area Also see Sinzheim. Sinsheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg Neckargemünd is a town in Germany, in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, state of Baden-Württemberg. The borough of Reilsheim belongs to Bammental.

Neighboring communities

• Neckargemünd
• Gauangelloch
• Wiesenbach (Baden)
• Mauer (Baden)
• Gaiberg

History

Bammental has been settled since pre-history. Wiesenbach is a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg. Mauer is a village in south western Germany. It is located between Heidelberg and Sinsheim in the Rhein-Neckar district in the state of Gaiberg is a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis of Baden-Württemberg. Homo heidelbergensis found in neighboring Mauer, lived in the area around Bammental 500,000 to 600,000 years ago. Homo heidelbergensis ("Heidelberg Man" is an Extinct Species of the Genus Homo which may be the direct ancestor The remains of a Roman road and Roman buildings bear witness to settlement by the Romans. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC

The center of Bammental with the city hall and the Lutheran church.

At the end of the 8th century, there were multiple mentions of the Frankish settlement, Risolfesheim, in the Lorsch Codex. The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group Lorsch Codex redirects here For the 12th-century monastery catalogue see Lorsch codex. This settlement is the borough Reilsheim. Bammental started as an extension of Reilsheim at the turn of the millennium. From 1330 to 1803, Bammental belonged to the Palatinate of the Rhein. The Palatinate of the Rhine (Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein later the Electoral Palatinate (Kurpfalz was a historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire Bammental belonged to the Meckesheim tithe. Meckesheim is a village in south western Germany. It is located between Heidelberg and Sinsheim in the Rhein-Neckar district in the state of After 1803, the settlement went to Baden. Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine.

Government

Municipal council

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is based on an earlier court seal. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest Political party in Germany. The Alliance '90/The Greens ( Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) the German Green party, is a Political party in Germany whose regional The seal has been been documented to have been in use since 1747. It was officially recognized in 1894 by the General State Archive. The lion and the field of lozenges represent the Palatinate of the Rhine. The Palatinate of the Rhine (Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein later the Electoral Palatinate (Kurpfalz was a historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire The tree represents the etymological origin of the name Bammental, Baum im Tal (tree in the valley).

The flag is green and white and was awarded by the Ministry of the Interior in 1965.

Sister cities

Vertus, France since 18 June 1966

Culture and sights

There is a museum of local history (Heimatmuseum) in the old train station. Vertus is a Village and commune in the Marne département of north-eastern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

Economy and infrastructure

Transportation

Bammental is on federal highway (Bundesstraße) B 45 between Neckargemünd and Sinsheim.

The train line, which comes from Heidelberg over Neckargemünd and afterwards goes on to Sinsheim, has two stops in Bammental.

• At the old train station
• In Reilsheim

A connection to the S-Bahn RheinNeckar is planned. This article has been partially translated from the German Wikipedia article

External links

• Official Home Page

This article is based on a translation of the article Bammental from the German Wikipedia. Bammental is a municipality in Rhein-Neckar Kreis of Baden-Württemberg.