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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: Abstatt, Bad Friedrichshall, Bad Rappenau, Bad Wimpfen, Beilstein, Wurttemberg, Brackenheim, Cleebronn, Eberstadt, Ellhofen, Eppingen, Erlebnispark Tripsdrill, Erlenbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Flein, Gemmingen, Guglingen, Gundelsheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Hardthausen, Ilsfeld, Ittlingen, Jagsthausen, Kirchardt, Langenbrettach, Lauffen am Neckar, Lehrensteinsfeld, Leingarten, Lowenstein, Massenbachhausen, Mockmuhl, Neckarsulm, Neckarwestheim, Neudenau, Neuenstadt am Kocher, Nordheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Obersulm, Oedheim, Offenau, Pfaffenhofen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Quattro GmbH, Roigheim, Schwaigern, Siegelsbach, Talheim, Heilbronn, Untereisesheim, Untergruppenbach, Weinsberg, Widdern, Wustenrot, Zaberfeld, Zabergau-Gymnasium Brackenheim. Excerpt: .) (Lauffen) is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Neckar, 9 km southwest of Heilbronn. The town is famous as the birthplace of the poet Friedrich Holderlin and for its quality wines in particular the Lauffener Katzenbeisser Schwarzriesling . Lauffen is located in the southern part of the district of Heilbronn, 9 kilometres south of Heilbronn and 50 kilometres north of the capital of Baden-Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, on the Neckar. The small river Zaber flows into the Neckar at this point. The neck of the previous great bow in the course of the north-flowing Neckar was broken through by erosion somewhere between 400 BC and 100 BC and for several centuries the watercourse survived as a ring of lakes. The old circular riverbed is now dry, apart from one small artificial lake. Along the old riverbed, a round hill was formed its slopes now partially covered by the Kaywald forest and with other areas given over to the cultivation of vines. There is a hill on the western bank of the Neckar at the centre point of the ancient river bow. This hill became separated from another on the present eastern bank when the river broke through. Lauffen grew up on the western bank, on the ridge which is the site of today s Regiswindis Church. This hill settlement became known as Lauffen-Dorf (Lauffen village). In the middle of the river, between the two hills, is an island with a castle. This castle, originally the seat of the Earls of Lauffen, is now home to the town hall the island itself is a nature reserve. Another settlement, Lauffen-Stadt (Lauffen town), later established itself on the hill on the eastern bank. The two districts, Lauffen-Dorf and Lauffen-Stadt, are joined by a bridge. A smaller bridge from Lauffen-Stadt leads to the island and the town hall. Yet another district, the so-called Lauffen-Dorfle (Lauffen little village), grew up around a convent and is situated on the western bank to the north of Lauffen-Dor
