Bammental

Sister cities

• Vertus
• Demitz-Thumitz

History

Bammental has been settled since pre-history. Homo heidelbergensis found in neighboring Mauer, lived in the area around Bammental 500,000 to 600,000 years ago. The remains of a Roman road and Roman buildings bear witness to settlement by the Romans. At the end of the 8th century, there were multiple mentions of the Frankish settlement, Risolfesheim, in the Lorsch Codex. This settlement is the borough Reilsheim. Bammental started as an extension of Reilsheim at the turn of the millennium. From 1330 to 1803, Bammental belonged to the Electorate of the Palatinate of the Rhein. Bammental belonged to the Meckesheim tithe. After 1803, the settlement went to Baden.

Geography

Bammental is about 9 km southeast of Heidelberg and 13 km northwest of Sinsheim in the Elsenz valley, between Mauer and Neckargemünd. The borough of Reilsheim belongs to Bammental. *Neckargemünd *Gauangelloch *Wiesenbach (Baden) *Mauer (Baden) *Gaiberg

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,580
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,337
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,755
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,351
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,334
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,423
• Zoropsid spider

  Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) · Arachnida
  4,237
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,139

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2014-05-17
  2 km ESE of Pfungstadt, Germany
• M 3.4 — 2010-12-23
  4 km WNW of Mainz, Germany
• M 3.4 — 2010-06-29
  3 km NW of Hochheim am Main, Germany
• M 2.8 — 2008-11-25
  1 km S of Steinmauern, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-03-07
  1 km N of Simmersfeld, Germany
• M 3.2 — 2008-02-16
  0 km ESE of Rheinau, Germany