Ochsenfurt
| Ochsenfurt | ||
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  Ochsenfurt | ||
Location of Ochsenfurt within Würzburg district  | ||
| Coordinates: 49°39′N 10°04′E / 49.650°N 10.067°ECoordinates: 49°39′N 10°04′E / 49.650°N 10.067°E | ||
| 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 (2012-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 10,997 | |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 97199 | |
| Dialling codes | 09331 | |
| Vehicle registration | WÜ | |
| 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, 13 miles (21 kilometres) south from Würzburg by the railway to Munich, and at the junction of a line to Röttingen. Pop. 11,600. 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 is a considerable trade in wine and agricultural products, other industries being brewing and malting. 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.[2]
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
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press- Klöster in Bayern: Tückelhausen - Vom Prämonstratenserstift zum Kartäusermuseum (German)
- Website of the Diocese of Würzburg: the Carthusian Museum (German)
Bibliography
- Die Kunstdenkmäler von Unterfranken, Bd. 1: Bezirksamt Ochsenfurt. 2. Auflage 1983. ISBN 978-3-486-50455-2
- Halbleib, Volker; Kretzer, Heinz (2006). Ochsenfurt. Sutton. ISBN 978-3-86680-000-7. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
Notes
- ↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2012.
- ↑ Stacey, Robert C. "Walter, Hubert (d. 1205)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed November 8, 2007
- ↑ "Ropczyce - Miasta Partnerskie". Urząd Miejski Ropczyce (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
- ↑ "Dorset Twinning Association List". The Dorset Twinning Association. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
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