Adelsheim's history was shaped by its schools: the Volksschule moved onto the Eckenberg in 1958, and farther into the forest a few years later, the Gymnasium with its boarding school was established. Politics Mayors (Bürgermeister) Wolfram Walafried Bernhardt Klaus Gramlich Walter Muth Peter Hütt Günter Bauer Friedrich Gerner Municipal council (after 2004 municipal election): CDU 8 seats SPD 6 seats FWV (citizens' coalition) 3 seats BLA 3 seats Coat of arms and flag The coat of arms, which might be described as "Argent an alpine ibex's horn sable", was bestowed upon the town by Kaiser Sigismund in 1422. Adelsheim's town colours are black and white. The town colours are to be seen at the Schildmännchen – an emblem depicting a little man behind an heraldic shield – near the centre of town at the Oberschloss-Erker (stately home). Economy and infrastructure Transport Adelsheim lies on the Frankenbahn railway (Adelsheim Ost or Sennfeld station) and the Neckartalbahn railway, and thereby also on the S-Bahn RheinNeckar (Adelsheim Nord station). Since December 2003 both hourly trains on S-Bahn line S1 (Kaiserslautern - Mannheim - Osterburken) and RegionalExpress trains every two hours (Mannheim - Eberbach - Heilbronn) run on this line. Goods trains run mainly evenings or nights. While line S2 ends in Eberbach, or every two hours in Mosbach-Neckarelz, S1 goes hourly through to Osterburken, giving Adelsheim optimal integration into the Frankenbahn (Stuttgart-Würzburg) timetable. The town has a connection with Autobahn A 81 (Stuttgart - Würzburg) through an interchange lying only 8 km from the centre of town. Federal Highway B 292 also runs through Adelsheim (Sinsheim - Mosbach - Adelsheim - Osterburken - Lauda-Königshofen). Court and institutions Adelsheim, owing to the large nearby youth penal institution, still has at its disposal a small local court, which belongs to the state court region of Mosbach and the higher state court region of Karlsruhe. Educational institutions Evangelical and Catholic kindergartens Primary school and Hauptschule with Werkrealschule Eckenberg-Gymnasium with boarding school and the State School Centre for Environmental Education Volkshochschule Adelsheim Leisure Heated swimming pool, opening times: May–September 9–20 h Miniature golf Jugendhaus Adelsheim (youth centre), opening times: Thu-Sat 19-22:30 h (beyond the weekly opening times the centre also regularly organizes live band performances involving all kinds of musical styles, and various themed parties) Live-Factory Culture and sightseeing Gothic (old) Jakobskirche (church), built 1489 with many tombs on the inner and outer walls; great plague grave.