Ketsch

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Ketsch

Total population

12,919

Elevation101 m

Land area16.52 km²

Coordinates49.37°, 8.52°

Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ketsch is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, 14 km south of Heidelberg.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Matthias Jung

German economist

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Michael Scheurer

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Irmela Broniecki

German fencer

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Jesper Brechtel

Finnish association football player

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Johann Gerhard Ruland

German lithographer and painter

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Johannes Ruland

German painter

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Fritz Schönhöfer

German chemist (1892-1965)

Marlene Schnabel-Marquardt

German author

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Sextus Amarcius

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Alexander Sand

German university teacher (1928-2013)

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Matthäus Haid

geodesist (1853-1919)

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Frank Bignet

French triathlete

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Hans Keller

German author and non-fiction writer (1908-1970)

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Richard von Neimans

Hans-Joachim Lang

German historian and journalist

Karl von Horn

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Gallery

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