Wiesentheid

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Wiesentheid
Wiesentheid in the night - view from church to vicarage, town hall, castle.
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Lower Franconia
District	Wiesentheid
Mayor	Walther Hahn (Bürgerblock)
Basic statistics
Area	33.33 km² (12.9 sq mi)
Elevation	249 m (817 ft)
Population	4,856 (31/12/2006)
- Density	146 /km² (377 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KT
Postal code	97353
Area code	09383
Website	www.wiesentheid.de Coordinates: 49°48′00″N 10°21′00″E / 49.8, 10.35

Wiesentheid is a municipality in the district of Kitzingen in Bavaria in Germany.

1 History
2 Main sights
3 Sister city
4 External links

[edit] History

First time vouched in 918 as "wisenheida". The Mediatization in 1806 brought former shire Schönborn to grand duchy Würzburg so that in 1814 it belonged to Bavaria again. Municipal edict 1818 formed today's Wiesentheid.

[edit] Main sights

Count's Castle Wiesentheid
Kanzleistrasse - street with historic administrative buildings
Schlossparkanlage - castle garden (english)
catholic church St.Mauritius built by Balthasar Neumann
historic vicarage
historic town hall
crucifixion memorial built by Jacob van der Auvera
historic Mariensäule (memorial of Mother Mary)

[edit] Sister city

Rouillac, Charente, France

[edit] External links

v • d • e Holy Roman Empire — Franconian Circle (1500–1806)

Bench of Ecclesiastical Princes	Bamberg \| Eichstädt \| Mergentheim \| Würzburg

Bench of Secular Princes	Ansbach \| Bayreuth \| Henneberg-Römhild \| Henneberg-Schleusingen \| Henneberg-Schmalkalden \| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg \| Löwenstein-Wertheim \| Schwarzenberg

Bench of Counts and Lords	Castell \| Erbach \| Hausen \| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein \| Limpurg-Gaildorf \| Limpurg-Speckfeld \| Reichelsberg \| Rieneck \| Seinsheim \| Welzheim \| Wertheim \| Wiesentheid

Bench of Cities	Nuremberg \| Rothenburg \| Schweinfurt \| Weißenburg \| Windsheim

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Kitzingen

Abtswind \| Albertshofen \| Biebelried \| Buchbrunn \| Castell \| Dettelbach \| Geiselwind \| Großlangheim \| Iphofen \| Kitzingen \| Kleinlangheim \| Mainbernheim \| Mainstockheim \| Markt Einersheim \| Marktbreit \| Marktsteft \| Martinsheim \| Nordheim am Main \| Obernbreit \| Prichsenstadt \| Rödelsee \| Rüdenhausen \| Schwarzach am Main \| Segnitz \| Seinsheim \| Sommerach \| Sulzfeld am Main \| Volkach \| Wiesenbronn \| Wiesentheid \| Willanzheim