The Neckar is a river in Germany, a major tributary of the River Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. Rising in the Black Forest, it flows through a steep valley in the Odenwald hills and passes through Tübingen, Nürtingen, Esslingen, Stuttgart, and Heidelberg. The total length of the Neckar from its source near Villingen-Schwenningen to the Rhine is 367 km. The Neckar is navigable for cargo ships up to the river port of Plochingen (about 200 km upstream from Mannheim).

Towns along the Neckar

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

Main tributaries

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

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