Ochsenfurt

Ochsenfurt
Ochsenfurt
Town
	New Townhall from 1497 in Ochsenfurt
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Ochsenfurt within Würzburg district
	Ochsenfurt Ochsenfurt
	Coordinates: 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 (2020–26)	Peter Juks
Area
• Total	63.55 km2 (24.54 sq mi)
Elevation	187 m (614 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	11,434
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	97199
Dialling codes	09331
Vehicle registration	WÜ, OCH
Website	www.ochsenfurt.de

Ochsenfurt (German: [ˈɔksn̩ˌfʊʁt] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. Ochsenfurt is located on the left bank of the River Main and has around 11,000 inhabitants. This makes it the largest town in Würzburg district.^[3]

Name

Like Oxford, the town of Ochsenfurt is named after a ford where oxen crossed the river.

Geography

Location

The town is situated on the left bank of the River Main, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of Würzburg.

Subdivision

The Stadtteile of Ochsenfurt are: Darstadt, Erlach, Goßmannsdorf, Hohestadt, Hopferstadt, Kleinochsenfurt, Tückelhausen, and Zeubelried.^[3]

History

Painting of Ochsenfurt - 1623

Ochsenfurt was one of the places in Germany where King Richard I of England was detained in 1193 while on his way to England from the Third Crusade.^[4]

Fachwerkhauser

A monastery, Tückelhausen Charterhouse, 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 and was secularised in 1803.^[5]

Attractions

The charterhouse was largely converted for private residential use and since 1991 contains a museum of Carthusian life.

Ochsenfurt also features several Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, among them that of St Michael (Michaelskapelle), a Gothic edifice^[6]

Economy

Alte Mainbrücke, after the post-WW II rebuilding

In 1911 there was a considerable trade in wine and agricultural products, other industries being brewing and malting.^[6] Ochsenfurt also has one of the largest sugar factories in Germany.

Governance

Mayor

Peter Juks (UWG) is the mayor of Ochsenfurt.^[7]

Town twinning

Ochsenfurt is twinned with:

Ropczyce in Poland^[8] Wimborne in England^[9] Zábřeh in Czech Republic	Coutances in France Colditz in Germany Bibbiena in Italy

Gallery

Church: Pfarrkirche Sankt Andreas
Town gate: Oberes Tor
Town gate: Klingentor
Gossmanndorf, street view: Zielweg-Zehnhofstrasse

Notable people

Hieronymus Dungersheim (1465-1540), Catholic theologian
Tomas Oral (born 1973), football player and coach
Maximilian Götz (born 1986), racing driver

Bibliography

Die Kunstdenkmäler von Unterfranken, Bd. 1: Bezirksamt Ochsenfurt. 2nd edition 1983. ISBN 978-3-486-50455-2
Halbleib, Volker; Kretzer, Heinz (2006). Ochsenfurt. Sutton. ISBN 978-3-86680-000-7. Retrieved 4 March 2010.

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
^ ^a ^b "Ochsenfurt - Wissenswertes (German)". Ochsenfurt municipality. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ Stacey, Robert C. "Walter, Hubert (d. 1205)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed November 8, 2007
^ "Tückelhausen (German)". Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ochsenfurt". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 990.
^ "Ochsenfurt - Grusswort (German)". Ochsenfurt municipality. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ "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 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

External links

Official town website (German)
Website of the Diocese of Würzburg: the Carthusian Museum (in German)

[1] Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.

[2] Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).

[town1-3] "Ochsenfurt - Wissenswertes (German)". Ochsenfurt municipality. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

[DNB-4] Stacey, Robert C. "Walter, Hubert (d. 1205)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed November 8, 2007

[hdbg-5] "Tückelhausen (German)". Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

[EB1911-6] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ochsenfurt". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 990.

[town2-7] "Ochsenfurt - Grusswort (German)". Ochsenfurt municipality. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

[Ropczyce_twinnings-8] "Ropczyce - Miasta Partnerskie". Urząd Miejski Ropczyce (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

[Dorset_twinnings-9] "Dorset Twinning Association List". The Dorset Twinning Association. Archived from the original on 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

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