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unusual facts about Neckar River



31st Engineer Battalion

It encountered its toughest fighting of the war on 4–8 April as it sought to bridge the Neckar River near Heilbronn.

824th Tank Destroyer Battalion

After conversion to M18 Hellcat self-propelled tank destroyers, the battalion moved into Germany, helping force a bridgehead over the Neckar River at the Battle of Heilbronn.


see also

Cannstatter Wasen

The Cannstatter Wasen is a 35 hectare festival area on the banks of the Neckar river in the part of Stuttgart known as Bad Cannstatt.

Hemberg

The municipality is located in the Toggenburg Wahlkreis in the alpine foothills around the upper Neckar river.

Motorboat

The first boat powered by a petrol engine was tested on the Neckar river by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in 1886, when they tested their new "longcase clock" engine.

Neuenheimer Feld

The area lies on the North side of the Neckar river and consists mostly of buildings associated with the University of Heidelberg, including student accommodation and research facilities, as well as the University Hospital Heidelberg.

Wasen

Cannstatter Wasen, 35 hectare festival area on the banks of the Neckar river in Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart