Ochsenfurt
Ochsenfurt | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Ochsenfurt  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken |
| District | Würzburg |
| Subdivisions | 9 Stadtteile/Stadtbezirke |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Friedrich Rainer (CSU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 63.55 km2 (24.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 187 m (614 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,346 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 97199 |
| Dialling codes | 09331 |
| Vehicle registration | WÜ |
| Website | www.ochsenfurt.de |
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 produce, 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.[2]
Twin Towns
Ochsenfurt is twinned with
References
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).
- ^ Stacey, Robert C. "Walter, Hubert (d. 1205)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed November 8, 2007
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