How long is the neckar river

You'll see this is very popular with the locals as playgrounds for the kids. There is weeping willow trees and various kinds of lush vegetation, there's flocks of geese. There's ducks swimming by. People can walk here from town very easily or drive. There's plenty of parking nearby, or take a bus, have a picnic, do some sunbathing and even swim in the river.

The water is clean enough and warm enough in the summer time that the locals will jump in. If you go all the way to Neckarsteinach, it takes 90 minutes to cruise there, then you could spend a few hours having lunch and exploring several small castle ruins, and return to Heidelberg in the afternoon.

This is a very nice ride on a medium-sized river ship that holds several hundred people, with comfortable chairs, both indoors and on the deck, plus a decent snack bar. Neckarsteinach is known as the Town of Four Castles, so the main event here is walking along the footpath which brings you to these old ruins.

It is worthwhile to continue about a mile, all the way to the final castle, which is the best of the lot. You can clamber over the abandoned walls, and walk the crumbled stairs to get a nice view looking down on the river valley.

Back in the Neckarsteinach village center you will find several nice restaurants serving typical local foods, that will taste extra-fine after working up an appetite on your hike to the castles.

Sometimes a small brass band performs at outdoor pubs here, so listen for the tunes as you walk around. Keep in mind your return boat schedule, as departures are about once every hour until the last one at pm. On the edge of the Heidelberg town the Neckar River has a lock. There's a number of blocks along the rivers of Europe. During the Middle Ages, knights and nobles built their castles on the crags above the river valleys and merchants had to pay hefty tolls for passage.

Hornberg Castle Several old castles can be found along the Neckar Valley in the Odenwald hills including Hornberg Castle, built onto a steep outcrop above the town of Neckarzimmern.

It has been in the same family since the midth century. Mosbach Mosbach developed around a Bene-dictine monastery. Gundelsheim Gundelsheim is situated on the right bank of the Neckar River. The town is well known for Castle Horneck, a former residence of the Teutonic order. Also noteworthy are the old town center and the unique vineyards. Bad Rappenau Bad Rappenau is the city of water and health. Since , Bad Rappenau has been well-known for its healthy thermal water making it the seventh biggest brine and sauna spa town in Baden.

Eberbach Castle Eberbach is about 33 kilometers east of Heidelberg. The former free imperial city was founded in the 13th century. The historic old town has well maintained towers, the Pulverturm, Haspelturm, Rosenturm and Blauer Hut, many halftimbered houses, some town wall remnants, and worth the climb, the Eberbach Castle ruins above the town on one of the hills in the Odenwald range.

In , the town celebrated its year anniversary. Nearby Katzenbuckel hill — meters — is the highest elevation in the Naturpark Neckartal-Odenwald nature preserve. Two of them are only ruins, but two, on the western side of the town, have been restored to their royal glory. Again, the Neckar surrenders its wildness at Mannheim , a planned community, the streets of which are named only with letters and numbers for the sake of efficiency. Witness a bit of that commerce at one of the thrice-weekly markets in the Marktplatz, or head for the wonderful Art Nouveau Friedrichsplatz and the foot 60m Wasserturm.

Could there be any better way to bid farewell to the wild and wonderful Neckar? Neckar Rhine. Stay up-to-date with what's going on in Germany. Neckar flows in the southwestern part of the country, springing from the mountain Schwarzwald Black Forest , very close to Villingen-Schwenningen, located at m altitude in the protected area Schwenninger Moos. The name of the Neckar River originates from "Nicarus" and "Neccarus", which comes from the Celtic "Nikros" and which can be translated as "wild water" and "wild man".

For the most part, the Neckar River flows through the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg as a fraction of its current passes along Hesse. After its source, Neckar flows through pretty German cities , giving them irresistible charm. Neckar is a major tributary of the Rhine. The length of the Neckar is estimated at km.

One of the nicest stretches along the Neckar River valley is its hills along the Odenwald Odenwald hills , where you can see many historic castles nestled in the beautiful nature, or standing lofty on a hill. Among them are Hornberg Castle and Guttenberg Castle.