Neckar: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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.

Towns along the Neckar

From its source to its confluence with the Rhine:

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