Thüngersheim

Sister cities

• Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu

History

* Formation of the village during the first phase of franconian settlement between 530 and 700 A.C. * 1098: Thüngersheim is documented for the first time. * 1154: The first vine is planted. * 1614: Completion of the parish church St. Michael * 1713: Georg Anton Urlaub is born in Thüngersheim. * 1803: Thüngersheim belongs to the grand duchy of Ferdinand von Toskana (as part of the principality Würzburg). * 1814: The grand duchy of Würzburg (to which Thüngersheim belongs) becomes part of Bavaria. * 1870: A station and a railroad control center are built. Vine trade is shifted from the river Main to the railroad. * 1930: Foundation of the vinegrowers co-operative by 55 local vinters. * 1933: The barrage Erlabrunn is built. * 1945: On March 16 the out-sourced municipal archive is destroyed during the bombing of Würzburg. * 1966: The majority of the vinters agrees on the land consolidation, 2.2 square kilometres of vineyards. * 1998: "900 years" celebration

Geography

Located in the rain shadow of Rhön and Spessart, the average annual rainfall is . This makes the Main valley one of the driest regions of Germany. Thüngersheim has common borders with Retzbach in the north, Retzstadt in the northeast, Güntersleben in the east, Veitshöchheim in the west and Zellingen and Erlabrunn (both separated from Thüngersheim by the river Main).