Original: Rising in the Black Forest near Villingen-Schwenningen in the conservation area Schwenninger Moos at a height of 706 m above sea level , it passes through Rottweil , Rottenburg am Neckar , Kilchberg , TÃ 1\/4 bingen , Wernau , NÃ 1\/4 rtingen , Plochingen , Esslingen , Stuttgart , Ludwigsburg , Marbach , Heilbronn and Heidelberg , before discharging into the Rhine at Mannheim ( at 95 m above sea level ) .
Simplified: Rising in the Black Forest , it flows through a steep valley in the Odenwald hills and passes through the cities of TÃ 1\/4 bingen ( University ) , NÃ 1\/4 rtingen , Esslingen , Stuttgart ( capitol of Baden-W Ã 1\/4 rttemberg , and Heidelberg ( University ) .