Veitshöchheim Explained

Image Coa:Wappen Veitshoechheim.svg
Coordinates:49.8328°N 9.8817°W
Image Plan:Veitshöchheim in WÜ.svg
State:Bayern
Region:Unterfranken
District:Würzburg
Elevation:167-281
Area:10.76
Postal Code:97209
Area Code:0931
Licence:
Gemeindeschlüssel:09 6 79 202
Divisions:3 Ortsteile
Website:www.veitshoechheim.de
Mayor:Jürgen Götz[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 26
Party:CSU

Veitshöchheim (pronounced as /de/) is a municipality in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 6km (04miles) northwest of Würzburg. Veitshöchheim has a population just under 10,000. It includes two villages: Veitshöchheim and Gadheim[2]

Attractions

Schloss Veitshöchheim

is located in the town. This summer palace of the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg was built in 1680–82, and was enlarged to its present appearance in 1753 by Balthasar Neumann. The gardens were redesigned for Prince-Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim (1755–1779), with lakes and waterworks, and filled with hundreds of allegorical sandstone sculptures from the workshops of the court sculptors Ferdinand Tietz and Johann Peter Wagner.

Infrastructure

Transport

Veitshöchheim has a railway station near the Schloss with a former royal pavilion.

Partner towns

Notes and References

  1. https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden
  2. http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html?anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=+20111110/214825&attr=OBJ&val=1827 Veitshöchheim.
  3. https://www.rotava.cz/mesto/partnerske-mesto-veitshochheim/ Partnerské město - Veitshöchheim, SRN
  4. https://www.pontleveque.fr/ma-ville/jumelage Jumelages