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Bammental

Field	Value
image_coa	COA Bammental.svg
coordinates
image_plan	Bammental in HD.svg
image_photo	Bammental.jpg
image_caption	The center of Bammental with the town hall and the Lutheran church
state	Baden-Württemberg
region	Karlsruhe
district	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
elevation	125
area	12.16
postal_code	69243–69245
area_code	06223
licence	HD
Gemeindeschlüssel	08 2 26 006
website	www.bammental.de
mayor	Holger Karl
leader_term	2018–26

Bammental is a municipality in Rhein-Neckar-Kreis of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Geography

Bammental is about 9 km southeast of Heidelberg and 13 km northwest of Sinsheim in the Elsenz valley, between Mauer and Neckargemünd. The borough of Reilsheim belongs to Bammental.

Neighboring communities

Neckargemünd
Gauangelloch
Wiesenbach (Baden)
Mauer (Baden)
Gaiberg

History

Bammental has been settled since pre-history. Homo heidelbergensis found in neighboring Mauer, lived in the area around Bammental 500,000 to 600,000 years ago. The remains of a Roman road and Roman buildings bear witness to settlement by the Romans.

At the end of the 8th century, there were multiple mentions of the Frankish settlement, Risolfesheim, in the 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 Electorate of the Palatinate of the Rhein. Bammental belonged to the Meckesheim tithe. After 1803, the settlement went to Baden.

Government

Municipal council

Voter participation: 68,4 %

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is based on an earlier court seal. The seal has 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 Electorate of the Palatinate of the Rhine. 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

Culture and sights

There is a museum of local history (Heimatmuseum) in the old train station.

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. The connection is part of the S-train system of the Rhine-Neckar region.

At the old train station (Bammental)
In Reilsheim

Sons and daughters of the community

Wilhelm Kling (1902-1973), politician (KPD, SED)

Other persons associated with Bammental

Hansi Flick (* 1965), football coach, former assistant of Jogi Löw, lives in Bammental

References

[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 14 September 2021.

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