Hemsbach

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Hemsbach
Town
Saint Lawrence Church
Coat of arms
Location of Hemsbach within Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district
Hemsbach Show map of Germany Hemsbach Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 49°35′25″N 08°39′23″E / 49.59028°N 8.65639°E / 49.59028; 8.65639
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2019–27)	Jürgen Kirchner[1]
Area
• Total	12.86 km2 (4.97 sq mi)
Elevation	107 m (351 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	11,828
• Density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	69494–69502
Dialling codes	06201
Vehicle registration	HD
Website	www.hemsbach.de

Hemsbach (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛmsˌbax] ^ⓘ) is a town with approximately 12,000 inhabitants in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It belongs to the European Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (Lower Neckar region until 20 May 2003 and Rhine-Neckar-Odenwald region until 31 December 2005). It is situated on the Bergstraße, 18 km northeast of Mannheim. Hemsbach was twinned with Wareham, Dorset in the UK in 1986.