Ochsenfurt () is a town in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. Ochsenfurt is located on the left bank of the River Main and has around 11,000 inhabitants. This makes it the largest town in Würzburg district.
Name Like Oxford, the town of Ochsenfurt is named after a ford where oxen crossed the river.
Geography Location The town is situated on the left bank of the River Main, south of Würzburg.
Subdivision The Stadtteile of Ochsenfurt are: Darstadt, Erlach, Goßmannsdorf, Hohestadt, Hopferstadt, Kleinochsenfurt, Tückelhausen, and Zeubelried.
History
Ochsenfurt was one of the places in Germany where King Richard I of England was detained in 1193 while on his way to England from the Third Crusade.Stacey, Robert C. "Walter, Hubert (d. 1205)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004 Online Edition accessed November 8, 2007
A monastery, Tückelhausen Charterhouse, dedicated to Saints Lambert, John the Baptist, and George, was founded in 1138 by Otto I, Bishop of Bamberg, as a double canonry of the Premonstratensians. From 1351 it belonged to the Carthusians and was secularised in 1803.
Attractions The charterhouse was largely converted for private residential use and since 1991 contains a museum of Carthusian life.
Ochsenfurt also features several Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, among them that of St Michael (Michaelskapelle), a Gothic edifice.
Economy
In 1911 there was a considerable trade in wine and agricultural products, other industries being brewing and malting. Ochsenfurt also has one of the largest sugar factories in Germany.
Governance Mayor Peter Juks (UWG) is the mayor of Ochsenfurt.
Town twinning
Ochsenfurt is twinned with: Ropczyce in Poland Wimborne in England Zábřeh in Czech Republic Coutances in France Colditz in Germany Bibbiena in Italy
Gallery
Notable people Hieronymus Dungersheim (1465–1540), Catholic theologian Tomas Oral (born 1973), football player and coach Maximilian Götz (born 1986), racing driver
Bibliography Die Kunstdenkmäler von Unterfranken, Bd. 1: Bezirksamt Ochsenfurt. 2nd edition 1983.
See also List of medieval stone bridges in Germany
References
External links
Official town website (German) Website of the Diocese of Würzburg: the Carthusian Museum