Ochsenfurt
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Ochsenfurt
Townhall in Ochsenfurt
Townhall in Ochsenfurt
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Ochsenfurt
Ochsenfurt (Germany)
Ochsenfurt
Administration
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Lower Franconia
District Würzburg
Town subdivisions 9 Stadtteile/Stadtbezirke
Mayor Friedrich Rainer (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area 63.55 km² (24.5 sq mi)
Elevation 187 m  (614 ft)
Population 11,386  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 179 /km² (464 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate
Postal code 97199
Area code 09331
Website www.ochsenfurt.de

Coordinates: 49°39′00″N 10°04′00″E / 49.65, 10.066667

Ochsenfurt is a municipality in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the River Main, here crossed by a stone bridge, 13 miles south from Würzburg by the railway to Munich, and at the junction of a line to Röttingen. Pop. 11,600.

It contained in 1911 an Evangelical and five Roman Catholic churches, among them that of St Michael, a fine Gothic edifice. There is a considerable trade in wine and agricultural products, other industries being brewing and malting.

It was one of the places in Germany that King Richard I of England was detained in 1193 while the king was returning to England from the Third Crusade.1

Twin Towns

Ochsenfurt is twinned with

References

  1. ^ Stacey, Robert C. "Walter, Hubert (d. 1205)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed November 8, 2007
  • This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
Painting of Ochsenfurt - 1623
Tradition local costumes in Ochsenfurt
Alte Mainbrücke, after the post-WW II rebuilding


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