Markt Einersheim

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Coordinates: 49°41′00″N 10°18′00″E / 49.683333, 10.3

Markt Einersheim
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Markt Einersheim
Markt Einersheim (Germany)
Markt Einersheim
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Lower Franconia
District Kitzingen
Municipal assoc. Iphofen
Mayor Bruno Gamm (Unabh. Wählerschaft)
Basic statistics
Area 7.74 km² (3 sq mi)
Elevation 290 m  (951 ft)
Population 1,171  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 151 /km² (392 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate KT
Postal code 97348
Area code 09326

Markt Einersheim is a municipality in the district of Kitzingen in Bavaria, Germany. On April 5, 1945, at the end of World War II, the town was bombed by United States Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolts. American troops captured the town from German forces, who retreated to the southeast, on April 6.[1]

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  1. ^ Fritz, Stephen G (2004). Endkampf: Soldiers, Civilians, And The Death Of The Third Reich. University Press of Kentucky, 107. ISBN 0813123259. 

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