Neckar
Neckar river near Heidelberg.
Origin	Black Forest
Mouth	Rhine
Basin countries	Germany
Length	367 km
Source elevation	706 m
Avg. For the suburb of Adelaide, please see Black Forest South Australia; for the CDP in Colorado, please see Black Forest Colorado. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. discharge	145 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. In Hydrology, the discharge or outflow of a River is the volume of Water transported by it in a certain amount of time "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there 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. Hesse (Hessen is a state of Germany with an area Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge Mannheim is a City in Germany. With 327318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg after the capital Stuttgart 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). For the suburb of Adelaide, please see Black Forest South Australia; for the CDP in Colorado, please see Black Forest Colorado. Villingen-Schwenningen is the largest city of the Schwarzwald-Baar district located in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Rottweil is the oldest Town in southwestern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The name Rottenburg can refer to The family of Rottenburg The German town Rottenburg am Neckar The German town Tübingen, a traditional University town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is situated 30 km (19 miles southwest of Stuttgart, on a ridge between Nürtingen (also spelled Nuertingen) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. Plochingen is a town in the district of Esslingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Esslingen am Neckar is a city in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, capital of the District of Esslingen as well as the largest Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Ludwigsburg is a city in Germany, about 12 km (7 miles north of Stuttgart 's city center near the river Neckar. Marbach am Neckar (pop ca 15000 is a town on the river Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Heilbronn (haɪlˈbʁɔn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany Heidelberg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2006 over 140000 people live within the city's area

Along its valley in the Odenwald hills, many castles can be found, like Burg Hornberg and Burg Guttenberg in Haßmersheim, but also the closed nuclear power station Kernkraftwerk Obrigheim which is due to be dismantled by 2023. The Odenwald (ˈoːd(ənvalt is a low mountain range in Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Haßmersheim (also spelled Hassmersheim) is a town in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Nuclear power is any Nuclear technology designed to extract usable Energy from atomic nuclei via controlled Nuclear reactions 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. The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic" a branch of the greater Indo-European Language family. Since about 1100, Black Forest wood was transported by timber rafting, e. Timber rafting is a log transportation method in which logs are tied together into Rafts and drifted or pulled across a water body or down a flatter river g. to Holland for the use in shipyards. Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships These can be Yachts military

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. Not to be confused with the modern Towboat. A horse-drawn boat or tow-boat is a historic Boat operating on a Canal 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, Großes Rheinschiff ships up to 1500t could travel to Heilbronn in 1935.

The Neckar river in southwest Germany, flows from south to north, emptying to the Rhine at Mannheim. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge

Houses in Tübingen reflected in the Neckar

The Neckar river in Stuttgart

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. Tübingen, a traditional University town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is situated 30 km (19 miles southwest of Stuttgart, on a ridge between Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of Ship or vessel that carries Cargo, goods and materials from one port to another ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo Plochingen is a town in the district of Esslingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Fils river is a 63 km long River in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, a right tributary of the Neckar. 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. A vineyard is a Plantation of Grape -bearing Vines grown mainly for Winemaking, but also Raisins Table grapes and non-alcoholic Trollinger (or Schiava) is a light-red late-maturing wine grape variety that was originally cultivated in the provinces of Bolzano-Bozen (Alto Adige/South Tyrol

Towns along the Neckar

From its source to its confluence with the Rhine:

• Villingen-Schwenningen
• Rottweil
• Oberndorf am Neckar
• Sulz am Neckar
• Horb am Neckar
• Rottenburg am Neckar
• Tübingen
• Nürtingen
• Plochingen
• Esslingen (am Neckar)
• Stuttgart
• Fellbach
• Ludwigsburg
• Freiberg am Neckar
• Benningen am Neckar
• Marbach am Neckar
• Besigheim
• Heilbronn
• Heidelberg
• Neckarsulm
• Mosbach
• Eberbach
• Heidelberg
• Mannheim

Main tributaries

• Eschach (left side, at Rottweil-Bühlingen)
• Ammer (left side, at Tübingen-Lustnau)
  

  The River Koersch, a tributary, flows into the Neckar opposite the Altbach power station
• Echaz (right side, at Kirchentellinsfurt)
• Lauter (right side, at Wendlingen)
• Fils (right side, at Plochingen)
• Nesenbach (left side, at Stuttgart-Ost)
• Rems (right side, at Remseck)
• Murr (right side, at Marbach)
• Enz (left side, at Besigheim)
• Zaber (left side, at Lauffen)
• Sulm (right side, at Neckarsulm)
• Kocher (right side, at Bad Friedrichshall)
• Jagst (right side, at Bad Wimpfen)
• Elz (right side, at Mosbach-Neckarelz)

Links

• Old Town Heidelberg on the river Neckar
• Tourism Information of the river Neckar(German)