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Burgsinn
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Burgsinn
Total population
2,674
Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Burgsinn is a market municipality in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Burgsinn. It has a population of around 2,500.
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History
A stone hatchet found in Burgsinn, from the final days of the Neolithic bears witness to the first known human presence in the municipal area. In 812 a document from Fulda Abbey mentioned the Sinngau ("Sinn District"), or in the spelling of the time, Sinnahgeuue. From the year 1001 comes the first written proof of the community's existence; at that time it was the village of Sinna, a Würzburg holding. In 1303 a source speaks of Burgmannen of Gotzo, Aplo et Her (mannus) de Sinne occupying the Sinna border fortifications. In 1334, Emperor Ludwig der Bayer granted dem Dorf zu Synne ("The Village at Synne") everlasting market rights. In 1338, Dietz von Thüngen became hereditary Burgmann and lord of the castle and locality of Sinna. Dietz von Thüngen's son Wilhelm acquired the Burgsinn lordship, with all appurtenances, in 1405 for 10,000 Gulden From 1405 until 1814 (with an interruption in the 17th century), Burgsinn was the seat of the Thüngen family (see House of Thüngen (German). The former knightly estate of the Barons of Thüngen was mediatized by Prince Primate von Dalberg's Principality of Aschaffenburg. In 1808, it was traded to the Grand Duchy of Würzburg, with which it passed to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. A weird incident took place in April 2026, when 50 sheep invaded a Penny supermarket, causing customers to climb on the counters to escape.
Geography
Burgsinn lies in the Main-Spessart district, in the Mittelgebirge Spessart. It is located in the valley of the river Sinn from which it takes its name. The community has only the Gemarkung (traditional rural cadastral area) of Burgsinn. The municipal territory stretches into the wooded hills east and west of the Sinn valley. Burgsinn borders on (from the north, clockwise): Mittelsinn, the unincorporated areas ' and ', Wartmannsroth, Gräfendorf, Rieneck, (unincorporated area), Fellen and Aura im Sinngrund.
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Official Identifiers
Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office
- AGS
- 09677122
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,333
- Wikidata
- Q503812
Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office — Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439