Ochsenfurt

Ochsenfurt

Townhall in Ochsenfurt

Coat of arms
Ochsenfurt

Coordinates: 49°39′N 10°04′E / 49.650°N 10.067°E / 49.650; 10.067Coordinates: 49°39′N 10°04′E / 49.650°N 10.067°E / 49.650; 10.067
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Unterfranken
District Würzburg
Government
  Mayor Peter Juks (UWG)
Area
  Total 63.55 km2 (24.54 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 11,070
  Density 170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 97199
Dialling codes 09331
Vehicle registration WÜ, OCH
Website www.ochsenfurt.de

Ochsenfurt is a town 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, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south from Würzburg by the railway to Munich, and at the junction of a line to Röttingen.[2] Ochsenfurt has a population of about 11,000. Like Oxford, the town of Ochsenfurt is named after a ford where oxen crossed the river.

It contained in 1911 an Evangelical and five Roman Catholic churches, among them that of St Michael, a fine Gothic edifice. There was then a considerable trade in wine and agricultural products, other industries being brewing and malting.[2] It also has one of the largest sugar factories in Germany.

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.[3]

The premises of the former Carthusian monastery here, Tückelhausen Charterhouse, secularised in 1803 and largely converted for private residential use, contain a museum of Carthusian life. The monastery, dedicated to Saints Lambert, John the Baptist and George, was founded in 1138 by Otto I, Bishop of Bamberg, as a double canonry of the Premonstratensians. From 1351 it belonged to the Carthusians.

International relations

Twin towns - Sister cities

Ochsenfurt is twinned with:

References

Bibliography

Notes

  1. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2013.
  2. 1 2  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ochsenfurt". Encyclopædia Britannica 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 990.
  3. Stacey, Robert C. "Walter, Hubert (d. 1205)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed November 8, 2007
  4. "Ropczyce - Miasta Partnerskie". Urząd Miejski Ropczyce (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  5. "Dorset Twinning Association List". The Dorset Twinning Association. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
Tradition local costumes in Ochsenfurt
Painting of Ochsenfurt - 1623
Alte Mainbrücke, after the post-WW II rebuilding
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Links

Website in US/UK Language about Ochsenfurt with Touristinformation

Ochsenfurt Website Presentation


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