Neckar

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

From its source to its confluence with the Rhine:

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• Villingen-Schwenningen
• Rottweil
• Oberndorf am Neckar
• 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

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at:17700 shift:($dx,$dy) text: 17.7 km Schwabenheim Lock

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at:61400 shift:($dx,$dy) text: 61.4 km Rockenau Lock

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at:72200 shift:($dx,$dy) text: 72.2 km Guttenbach Lock

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at:85900 shift:($dx,$dy) text: 85.9 km Neckarzimmern Lock

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at:93800 shift:($dx,$dy) text: 93.8 km Gundelsheim Lock

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at:103900 shift:($dx,$dy) text:103.9 km Kochendorf Lock

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at:113600 shift:($dx,$dy) text:113.6 km Heilbronn Lock

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at:117500 shift:($dx,$dy) text:117.5 km Horkheim Lock

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at:125100 shift:($dx,$dy) text:125.1 km Lauffen Lock

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at:136200 shift:($dx,$dy) text:136.2 km Besigheim Lock

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at:143000 shift:($dx,$dy) text:143.0 km Hessigheim Lock

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at:150100 shift:($dx,$dy) text:150.1 km Pleidelsheim Lock

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at:157600 shift:($dx,$dy) text:157.6 km Marbach Lock

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at:165000 shift:($dx,$dy) text:165.0 km Poppenweiler Lock

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at:171400 shift:($dx,$dy) text:171.4 km Aldingen Lock

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at:176200 shift:($dx,$dy) text:176.2 km Hofen Lock

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at:199500 shift:($dx,$dy) text:199.5 km Deizisau Lock

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