Bad Rappenau

Bad Rappenau is a town inside the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Wurttemberg in southern Germany. It is set 15 kilometres northwest of Heilbronn. Rappenau become first referred to documentary in 1343. According to different sources the village changed into previously named as Rappenheim because of its founder Rappo who changed into not in connection with ministerials. Presumably the settlement began across the 8^th century. In Middle Ages there had been 3 villages near Rappenau: the top village, the older lower village and the no-extra existent village Spebhardt, except numerous hamlets.

Rappenau belonged to the Lords of Vaihingen and Wurttemberg until 1339, on account that 1344 it still most effective belonged to the Lords of Wurttemberg. The top and decrease village grew collectively to a united village, bordering at the Muhlbach in the south. Eberhard von Gemmingen had constructed a water castle in 1601. In 30 Years' War the village burned down several times. By the German Mediatisation the village got here to Baden in 1806.