Middle Ages Neckarrems’ old town hall (built in 1564) features timber frame construction from 1915. The late Gothic church St. Michael and Sebastian was built around 1500, the “Castle Remseck” was built in 1842 on a mountain, where you can also find remains of a castle from the Middle Ages. Two bridges for pedestrians and cyclist were built in 1988 and 1990 and were the biggest self-supporting, wooden bridges in Europe at this time. The bridge over the Neckar is 80m long and the bridge over the Rems is 51,2m long. Festivals and regular events Pentecost: Music festival at the Zipfelbach (Hochdorf) July: Wilhelmsfestplatz in Hochdorf (every other year); Summer festival with fireworks in Hochberg; Street fair in Neckarrems July/August: Soccer cup “Neckar-Rems Pokal” October: traditional “Oktoberfest“ in Hochberg December: Christmas market on a Sunday in Advent Sport Five of six boroughs have their own clubs: TV Aldingen, TSV Neckargröningen, VfB Neckarrems, SGV Hochdorf, and SKV Hochberg. The most successful football club is currently the VfB Neckarrems, playing in the Landesliga 1. Demographics As of December 31, 2008, the population of Remseck is 22,612, of which 11,086 are male and 11,526 are female. 2,676 resident aliens are living in Remseck. The population spreads out with 20.6% under the age of 18 and 15.9% older than 65 years. Education Remseck has one Gymnasium (Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium), located in Aldingen, one Realschule (Realschule Remseck), located in Pattonville and one Hauptschule (Wilhelm-Keil-Schule), located in Aldingen. Every borough has its own elementary school. There are also 15 kindergarten, including three Protestant, one Roman-Catholic and one ecumenical kindergarten. International relations Remseck is twinned with two cities. Meslay-du-Maine, France, since 1975 Vigo di Fassa, Italy, since 1997 Notable people Friedrich Heim (1789–1850), born in Hochdorf, Protestant pastor and founder of the still existing Paulinepflege Winnenden Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (1839–1912), Danish politician, in 1909 Prime Minister Ulrich Kienzle (1936–2020), journalist and Middle East expert, an employee at the ZDF and 3sat, known by the ZDF political broadcast Frontal, born in Neckargröningen, grew up in Neckarrems Fabio Leutenecker (born 1990), football player David Yuengling (1808–1877), American brewer, the founder of America's oldest brewery, D. G. Yuengling & Son, born in Aldingen References Ludwigsburg (district) Populated places on the Neckar basin Populated riverside places in Germany Württemberg