Schweinfurt

Sister cities

• Tarija
• Lutsk
• Seinäjoki
• North Lanarkshire
• Châteaudun

History

Traces of settlement as early as 7500 years ago can be detected on today's urban area at various places. The first settlement of the historic Schweinfurt (Village Old Town) was also on the Main, between the two streams Höllenbach and Marienbach, 1 km east of the later founded imperial city, which corresponds to the old town today. The Village Old Town is in its origins at least 2100 years old. The first documentary mention Schweinfurts (village old town) took place in the year 791. He occupied an important position in the central Reich territory, the Duchy of Franconia. Berthold gave the king of East Francia Otto I. (936–973), who in 962 became Roman-German Emperor, valuable weapons aid against rebellious tribal dukes. As thanks Berthold of Otto I received the counties for the Folkfeld- and the Radenzgau and the Margraviate for the Nordgau, about the present-day Upper Palatinate. Thus he was and from 980 his son Henry the most powerful secular nobility in the area of today's northern Bavaria. Later supported Count Henry of Schweinfurt (called: Hezilo) the East Frankish Henry II (1002–1024, from 1014 Roman-German Emperor) in the royal election of 1002 and was awarded the Duke dignity of Bavarians. After the election, however, Henry II did not fulfill the promise. Thereupon it came to the Schweinfurt Feud in 1003. The (inner) city fortification of the new city was built and first documented in 1258, it is still largely preserved on Marienbach today. A document from 1282 signed by Rudolf I of Habsburg states that Schweinfurt was a free city within the Holy Roman Empire. In a confession change had to be expected military assault. The patron of the city, Count Wilhelm von Henneberg, did not offer sufficient support.…

Geography

Schweinfurt has a central location in Germany and is located about 40 km from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and Thuringia, in the middle of Main Franconia, Germanic-speaking Europe and the European Union. Schweinfurt lies on the river Main, which connects the North Sea with the Black Sea via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal. While not being part of any metropolitan area, the city is situated between the cities of Frankfurt (110 km west) and Nuremberg (90 km southeast). Schweinfurt also has a natural location in the Franconian wine country, at the Schweinfurter Rhön, with the National Natural Heritage Brönnhof and is surrounded by Haßberge Hills, Steigerwald, Rhön and Spessart, with several natural parks and a biosphere reserve. In sight are Steigerwald, Gramschatzer Forest and Rhön. The city is located in a climatically contrasting region, between the summer hot Mainfränkischen Plates in the south and the low mountain range in the north, with international winter sports in Oberhof. Main catchment.png|Schweinfurt is situated in the middleof the catchment areaof the river Main ... Karte Schweinfurter Becken 2.png|... and on the northeastern edge of the Schweinfurt Basin. 151011-154548 Bene-Pano.jpg|View from the Zabelstein Mountain in the Steigerwaldover the Schweinfurt Basin Ehemalige Spinnmühle in Schweinfurt.jpg|River Main with old mills (right), old townand the old fishing district Fischerrain (left) Schloß Bismarckshöhe Herbst 19.10.2008 006.jpg|The Schweinfurt Main Bendwith village and castle Mainbergand vineyards Schweinfurt itself is also a city of great contrasts, in terms of topography, use and population structure. The bourgeois east lies on the foothills of the Schweinfurter Rhön, is intersected by valleys with streams, with the above the Marienbach…

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,172
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,159
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,719
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,685
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,682
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,625
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,336
• Graylag Goose

  Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,297

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2008-05-06
  3 km SSW of Völkershausen, Germany
• M 3.2 — 2005-09-22
  2 km SSW of Völkershausen, Germany
• M 2.6 — 2002-02-22
  2 km NNE of Höchst im Odenwald, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2002-02-02
  3 km S of Adelsheim, Germany
• M 3.4 — 2001-07-02
  3 km E of Bad Bocklet, Germany