Veitshöchheim

Veitshöchheim

Schloss Veitshöchheim

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Veitshöchheim

Coordinates: 49°49′58″N 9°52′54″E / 49.83278°N 9.88167°E / 49.83278; 9.88167Coordinates: 49°49′58″N 9°52′54″E / 49.83278°N 9.88167°E / 49.83278; 9.88167
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Unterfranken
District Würzburg
Government
  Mayor Jürgen Götz (CSU)
Area
  Total 10.76 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 9,736
  Density 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 97209
Dialling codes 0931
Vehicle registration
Website www.veitshoechheim.de

Veitshöchheim is a municipality in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 6 kilometres (4 mi) northwest of Würzburg. Veitshöchheim has a population just under 10,000.

Schloss Veitshöchheim

In the town is Schloss Veitshöchheim; this summer palace of the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg was built in 1680–82, and was enlarged to its present appearance in 1753 by Balthasar Neumann. The gardens were redesigned for Prince-Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim (1755–1779), with lakes and waterworks, and filled with hundreds of allegorical sandstone sculptures from the workshops of the court sculptors Ferdinand Tietz and Johann Peter Wagner.

Infrastructure

Transport

Veitshöchheim has a railway station near the Schloss with a former royal pavilion.

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