Brackenheim (help·info) is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of Heilbronn. With an area of 826 hectare of vineyards, it's the biggest grape-growing municipality of Württemberg.

The communal land of Brackenheim has been settled for 5,000-6,000 years. Botenheim and Meimsheim were mentioned in the 12th century; Brackenheim was mentioned in 1246. Brackenheim received its town rights by King Rudolf I. von Habsburg in 1280. After a big fire in 1691 burning down 112 houses, the town had to be rebuilt in many places.

Owing to the communal reform from 1971 to 1974, the previous independent communities now representing districts were incorporated. The active construction of building has filled in the spaces previously between the districts and led to a huge increase of the population in Brackenheim. During 1995-2004 the town increased by about 2,700 inhabitants.