Weikersheim

History

Town rights were granted to Weikersheim in 1313. As one of the seats of the House of Hohenlohe, until 1756 Weikersheim's town center was dominated by Weikersheim Castle, residence of the Hohenlohe-Weikersheim line. During the process of German mediatization from 1806 to 1809, Weikersheim was awarded to the Kingdom of Württemberg, whose government assigned the city to . In 1938, the Oberamt was reorganized as , under whose jurisdiction Weikersheim remained. From 1 January 1972 to 1 January 1975, Weikersheim incorporated eight municipalities. In that time, , and as a result Weikersheim was assigned to the newly created Main-Tauber district. In 2000, the old town and palace were placed under protection as cultural monuments.

Geography

The township (Stadt) of Weikersheim covers of the Main-Tauber district of Baden-Württemberg, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. Weikersheim is physically located in the , a landscape of muschelkalk crossed by numerous river valleys, but especially the Tauber and Vorbach. The lowest elevation above sea level in the municipal area, Normalnull (NN), is found on the Tauber, near . The highest elevation, , is found to the south-east, near the border with Oberndorf (Weikersheim). Part of the federally-protected nature reserve is located within Weikersheim's municipal area.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  503
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  463
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  463
• Lizard Orchid

  Himantoglossum hircinum (L.) Spreng. · Liliopsida
  357
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  340
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  308
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  306
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  300

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2014-05-17
  2 km ESE of Pfungstadt, Germany
• M 2.6 — 2005-03-26
  0 km ESE of Wiesenbach, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2002-07-18
  1 km ENE of Burgstetten, 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