Schweinfurt

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Schweinfurt

Total population

56,625

Air quality index

29Good

WeatherAvg high 58.6°F

Coordinates50.05°, 10.23°

Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Schweinfurt is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding district (Landkreis) of Schweinfurt and a major industrial, cultural and educational hub. The urban agglomeration has 100,200 (2018) and the city's catchment area, including the Main-Rhön region and parts of South Thuringia, 759,000 inhabitants.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Ernst von Bibra

German botanist (1806-1878)

Hugo von Trimberg

German poet and writer (c. 1230-1313)

E

Eddy Hau

German motorcycle racer

Richard Riess

German theologian and pastor (b. 1937)

Julius Dreschfeld

German-British physician and pathologist

Johann Ernst von Bibra

German military personnel (1662-1705)

Abraham Adler

German teacher

Carl-Siegfried von Georg

German officer (1886-1957)

C

Christian Heinrich Hohmann

German composer (1811-1861)

Hubert d'Andlau de Hombourg

German politician (1868-1959)

Max Neubert

German entrepreneur

E

Erwin Lauerbach

German politician (1925-2000)

J

Joseph Warmuth

German farmer (1834-1903)

G

Gerhard Kleinhenz

German economist (1940–2015)

Philipp Moritz Fischer

Ursula Kamizuru

German table tennis player (1953-2008)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bayern

• Dipbach
  11.3 mi away
• Arnstein
  12.7 mi away · pop. 8,343
• Sudrach
  13.6 mi away
• Handthal
  15.1 mi away
• Dettelbach
  17.1 mi away · pop. 6,949
• Bad Neustadt an der Saale
  19.2 mi away · pop. 16,179
• Paßmühle r. d. Baches
  19.8 mi away
• Retzbach
  20.8 mi away
• Karlstadt
  21.7 mi away · pop. 14,810
• Westheim
  22.1 mi away · pop. 123
• Iphofen
  23.6 mi away · pop. 4,419
• Eibelstadt
  24.5 mi away · pop. 2,873

Browse all places in Bayern →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Schweinfurt

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Ortolan Bunting

Emberiza hortulana

Seen 2026-06-16

European Turtle-Dove

Streptopelia turtur

Seen 2026-06-16

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Seen 2026-06-15

Marbled White

Melanargia galathea

Seen 2026-06-15

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Seen 2026-06-15

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-06-15

Yellow Sweetclover

Melilotus officinalis

Seen 2026-06-15

white campion

Silene latifolia

Seen 2026-06-15

bladder campion

Silene vulgaris

Seen 2026-06-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers