Rhine-Neckar Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
polycentric metropolitan region located in south western Germany
About Rhine-Neckar
Northern Baden-Württemberg combines the northern parts of the historic lands of Baden and Württemberg, north ofStuttgartand theBlack Forest. Considerable parts of the region were only annexed by Baden or Württemberg in the early 19th-century whenNapoleon "cleared up"the rag rug of petty states and scattered territories. Even two centuries later, some inhabitants of these regions stiffly insist on being neither Badeners nor Württembergers, butKurpfälzer(in the northwest, around Mannheim and Heidelberg) orFranken(in the northeast), also speaking very distinct dialects. The fertile lands along the riversRhineand Neckar have been quite densely populated and prosperous since the Middle Ages. The multitude of principalities, counties, baronial and knight's estates, abbeys, but also free imperial
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