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]
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.
^ 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 bOne 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ochsenfurt.
Official town website (German)
Website of the Diocese of Würzburg: the Carthusian Museum (in German)