Brackenheim

Sister cities

• Castagnole delle Lanze
• Charnay-lès-Mâcon
• Marsan
• Zbrosławice

History

The communal land of Brackenheim has been settled for 5,000-6,000 years. Botenheim and Meimsheim were mentioned in the 12th century; Brackenheim was mentioned in 1246. Brackenheim received its town rights by King Rudolf I. von Habsburg in 1280. After a big fire in 1691 burning down 112 houses, the town had to be rebuilt in many places. Owing to the communal reform from 1971 to 1974, the previous independent communities now representing districts were incorporated. The active construction of building has filled in the spaces previously between the districts and led to a huge increase of the population in Brackenheim. During 1995-2004 the town increased by about 2,700 inhabitants. Brackenheim is the seat of Church District Brackenheim-Dürrenzimmern of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg. In Botenheim-Meimsheim, Hausen and Neipperg there are separate parishes of each of these districts. In Stockheim there is the Catholic Parish St. Ulrich, which also contains Haberschlacht and a district of Eppingen called Kleingartach. Neipperg belongs to the Parish St. Martinus in Schwaigern, the parish of Brackenheim contains the remaining districts. Both a free church and a Methodistic church is represented.

Geography

Brackenheim is situated on the river Zaber in the Zabergäu in southwestern district of Heilbronn, in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The landscape is characterized by extensive vineyards. Neighbouring towns and municipalities (clockwise): Cleebronn, Güglingen, Eppingen, Schwaigern, Nordheim, Lauffen (Neckar) (all district of Heilbronn), Kirchheim (Neckar) and Bönnigheim (both Ludwigsburg (district)). Apart from Brackenheim itself, it consists of the following: *Botenheim *Dürrenzimmern *Hausen an der Zaber *Haberschlacht *Meimsheim *Neipperg *Stockheim.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,318
• Zoropsid spider

  Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) · Arachnida
  2,290
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,200
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,116
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,959
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,891
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,509
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,481

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 3.6 — 2014-05-17
  2 km ESE of Pfungstadt, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-12-12
  2 km ESE of Nehren, Germany
• M 2.8 — 2008-11-25
  1 km S of Steinmauern, Germany
• M 2.7 — 2008-07-09
  1 km WSW of Dußlingen, Germany