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Gemünden am Main
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Gemünden am Main
Total population
10,290
Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Gemünden am Main is a town in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and lies roughly 40 km down the Main from Würzburg. Gemünden has around 10,000 inhabitants.
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History
The local Schönau monastery () was founded in 1189 by Philipp von Thüngen. A Conventual Franciscan monastery since 1699, the monks' main job was to take care of the monastery and pilgrimage church. The town, which likely had grown out of an early fishing village at the confluence of the three rivers, had its first documentary mention in 1243 in an agreement between Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Countess Adelheid of Rieneck. According to the agreement, two thirds of the castle and half of the settlement were subject to the Hochstift (or secular authority) of the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg. This followed attempts by the Counts of Rieneck to expand their territory to the south. At that point, Gemünden had already been awarded the status of town by the Rieneck counts. The castle above the town, the Scherenburg, had been built by the Rienecks to control the shipping on the Main and the eastern terminus of the Birkenhainer Strasse, an important trade route in the Middle Ages. Post-war, the railway was rebuilt and Gemünden once again became an important junction. In 1964, Deutsche Bundesbahn employed 1,200 people in Gemünden. On 1 July 1972, the Gemünden am Main district (Landkreis Gemünden am Main) was abolished. With the amalgamation of nine municipalities with 14 Ortsteile between 1971 and 1978, the municipal territory increased sevenfold.
Geography
Gemünden is located in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, on the Main, around 40 km downriver from Würzburg. Within the town, the River Sinn flows into the Franconian Saale, which itself then discharges into the Main. The Main river changes its direction at Gemünden, from northwest to west, marking the transition from the Maindreieck ("Main Triangle") to the Mainviereck ("Main quadrangle") near Lohr am Main. Gemünden lies on the Birkenhainer Strasse, an ancient trade road from Lower Franconia to today's Frankfurt Rhine Main Region. Gemünden's Stadtteile are Adelsberg, Aschenroth, Harrbach, Hofstetten, Hohenroth, Kleinwernfeld, Langenprozelten, Neutzenbrunn, Reichenbuch, Schaippach, Schönau, Seifriedsburg, Wernfeld and Massenbuch.
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Official Identifiers
Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office
- AGS
- 09677131
- Population (Wikidata)
- 10,012
- Wikidata
- Q505332
Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office — Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439