Ochsenfurt
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
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| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Lower Franconia |
| District | Würzburg |
| Town subdivisions | 9 Stadtteile/Stadtbezirke |
| Mayor | Friedrich Rainer (CSU) |
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| Area | 63.55 km2 (24.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 187 m (614 ft) |
| Population | 11,386 (31 December 2006) |
| - Density | 179 /km2 (464 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WÜ |
| Postal code | 97199 |
| Area code | 09331 |
| Website | www.ochsenfurt.de |
Ochsenfurt (English: Oxford on the Main)[citation needed] is a municipality 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 south from Würzburg by the railway to Munich, and at the junction of a line to Röttingen. Pop. 11,600.
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 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.[1]
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.
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[edit] References
- ^ Stacey, Robert C. "Walter, Hubert (d. 1205)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed November 8, 2007
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
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