DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk: Karlsruhe
Landkreis: Rhein-Neckar-Kreis

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Neckargemünd is situated at an elevation of 127 m on the river Neckar, at the confluence with te river Elsenz, about 10 km upstream of the confluence of the Neckar with the Rhine. Heidelberg, the administrative centre of the district Rhein-Neckar-Kreis lies 10 km to the west, Karlsruhe, the centre of the governmental district Karlsruhe, lies 52 km to the southwest, and Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, is located 74 km to the southeast. The municipality of Neckargemünd has a population of about 13,600 (2022).

The region has been occupied by people for half a million years as shown by the find of Homo heidelbergensis in nearby Mauer in 1907. Stone shards and stone axes have been found from the Early Stone Age. During Roman times the area was settled by Celts and Suebi. Grave stones from the 2nd and 3rd century in Kleingemünd show Celtic names. From the end of the 5th century the Franks held sway over the region. Neckargemünd was founded in the 10th century, most likely as a fishing village. The earliest written mention of a loco Gemundi ubi Elisinzia fluvius influit Neccaro fluvio dates from 988. Neckargemünd became a free Imperial town in 1286. In 1395, however, it lost this status when it passed to the elector palatine. Together with the surrounding district, it became part of Baden in 1803.

The church of St. Ulrich [left, no. 4544: centre background, barely visible] was first mentioned in 1496. The late Gothic single-nave church was built in the 16th century on the foundations of a previous church from the 13th century. Since 1556, when the Protestant faith was introduced in the Palatinate, the church is a reformed church. The nave was expanded in 1770/71. Renovations took place in 1854, 1898, 1963/64 and 1990–1996.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neckargem%C3%BCnd; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrichskirche_(Neckargem%C3%BCnd)]