Beilstein

is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is 14km southeast of Heilbronn. Beilstein is on the Württemberg wine route (Württemberger Weinstraße).GeographyBeilstein lies in the south of the district of Heilbronn. The town is crossed by the Söhlbach, a tributary of the Bottwar. The communal land of Beilstein includes big parts of the Löwenstein Mountains. Annasee Lake is nearby.Neighbouring municipalitiesNeighbouring towns and municipalities of Beilstein are : Oberstenfeld, Großbottwar, Ilsfeld, Abstatt, Lauffen am Neckar, Löwenstein and Spiegelberg . The village Farnersberg is an exclave between Untergruppenbach in the north and Lauffen's exclave Stadtwald Etzlenswenden in the south. Beilstein has combined with Abstatt, Ilsfeld and Untergruppenbach to form a joint association of administrations called Schozach-Bottwartal.Town structureApart from the town itself Beilstein consists of the villages Hohenbeilstein and Schmidhausen. The hamlets Etzlenswenden, Farnersberg and Stocksberg also belong to Beilstein. The neighbouring hill Stocksberg is the highest one of the Löwenstein Mountains, however, it doesn't belong to the communal land of Beilstein. There are also the hamlets Söhlbach, Obere Öhlmühle, Steinberg and Untere Ölmühle. The hamlets Billensbach, Gagernberg, Jettenbach, Kaisersbach, Klingen and Maad belong to Schmidhausen.