The Neckar is a river in Germany, a major tributary of the River Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. Rising in the Black Forest, it flows through a steep valley in the Odenwald hills and passes through Tübingen, Nürtingen, Esslingen, Stuttgart, and Heidelberg. The total length of the Neckar from its source near Villingen-Schwenningen to the Rhine is 367 km. The Neckar is navigable for cargo ships up to the river port of Plochingen (about 200 km upstream from Mannheim).

Towns along the Neckar

From its source to its confluence with the Rhine:

• Villingen-Schwenningen
• Rottweil
• Oberndorf am Neckar
• Sulz am Neckar
• Horb am Neckar
• Rottenburg am Neckar
• Tübingen
• Nürtingen
• Plochingen
• Esslingen
• Stuttgart
• Ludwigsburg
• Freiberg am Neckar
• Marbach am Neckar
• Besigheim
• Heilbronn
• Mosbach
• Eberbach
• Heidelberg
• Mannheim

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