Erlenbach (Landkreis Heilbronn)

is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.GeographyErlenbach lies at the foot of the 317 metre tall Kayberg in the lower Sulmtal in the eastern part of district of Heilbronn.Neighbouring Erlenbach are Heilbronn and Neckarsulm to the west, Eberstadt to the east, and Weinsberg to the southeast.SubdivisionsErlenbach is composed of two formerly separate villages, Erlenbach in the east and Binswangen in the west.HistoryBoth Erlenbach and Binswangen are supposed to have been founded in 500 by the Franks and Alamanni, respectively. Erlenbach was first mentioned in the Codex Hirsaugiensis in 1130 as a gift to the Hirsau Abbey. The first record of Binswangen is in a charter on 8 November 1176 from Pope Alexander III. At this time, both communities were under authority of the Lords of Weinsberg.Later, both communities were transferred from the Archbishopric of Mainz to the Teutonic Order on 27 May 1484 as part of the Bailiwick Franconia. After the dissolution of the monastic states of the Teutonic Knights in 1805, they came under control of Württemberg and were placed under district authority of Oberamt Neckarsulm, which was renamed Kreis (District) Neckarsulm in 1934.