Schweinfurt (district)

Schweinfurt
District

Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Unterfranken
Capital	Schweinfurt
Area
• Total	842 km² (325 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2015)^[1]
• Total	114,813
• Density	140/km² (350/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	SW
Website	landkreis-schweinfurt.de

Schweinfurt is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Bad Kissingen, Rhön-Grabfeld, Haßberge, Bamberg, Kitzingen, Würzburg and Main-Spessart. The district-free city Schweinfurt is surrounded by the district.

Geography

Primary rivers in the district are the Main and the Wern. It is located between several hill chains - Haßberge to the east, the Rhön in the northwest, the Spessart to the west and the Steigerwald in the southeast.

History

The area of the district became part of Bavaria in 1814. In 1972 parts of the previous district Gerolzhofen (including the town Gerolzhofen) were merged with the district.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the imperial eagle in the top part as a symbol of the former imperial city Schweinfurt. The bottom part of the coat of arms shows the symbol of the clerical state of Würzburg, which ruled a big part of the district until 1803.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften	free municipalities
Gerolzhofen¹ Markt Oberschwarzach¹ Stadtlauringen Werneck ¹ administrated within a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft	Gerolzhofen Schwanfeld	Bergrheinfeld Dingolshausen Dittelbrunn Donnersdorf Euerbach Frankenwinheim Geldersheim Gochsheim Grafenrheinfeld Grettstadt Kolitzheim Lülsfeld Michelau im Steigerwald Niederwerrn Poppenhausen Röthlein Schonungen Schwanfeld Schwebheim Sennfeld Sulzheim Üchtelhausen Waigolshausen Wasserlosen Wipfeld

Towns

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften

free municipalities

Gerolzhofen¹

Markt

¹ administrated within a
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

Gerolzhofen
Schwanfeld

References

↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). June 2016.

External links

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Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Bavaria in Germany

Urban districts	Amberg Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bamberg Bayreuth Coburg Erlangen Fürth Hof Ingolstadt Kaufbeuren Kempten Landshut Memmingen München (Munich) Nürnberg (Nuremberg) Passau Regensburg Rosenheim Schwabach Schweinfurt Straubing Weiden Würzburg

Rural districts	Aichach-Friedberg Altötting Amberg-Sulzbach Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bad Kissingen Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Bamberg Bayreuth Berchtesgadener Land Cham Coburg Dachau Deggendorf Dillingen Dingolfing-Landau Donau-Ries Ebersberg Eichstätt Erding Erlangen-Höchstadt Forchheim Freising Freyung-Grafenau Fürstenfeldbruck Fürth Garmisch-Partenkirchen Günzburg Haßberge Hof Kelheim Kitzingen Kronach Kulmbach Landsberg Landshut Lichtenfels Lindau Main-Spessart Miesbach Miltenberg Mühldorf München (Munich) Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Neumarkt Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim Neustadt an der Waldnaab Neu-Ulm Nürnberger Land Oberallgäu Ostallgäu Passau Pfaffenhofen Regen Regensburg Rhön-Grabfeld Rosenheim Roth Rottal-Inn Schwandorf Schweinfurt Starnberg Straubing-Bogen Tirschenreuth Traunstein Unterallgäu Weilheim-Schongau Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Wunsiedel Würzburg

Coordinates: 50°00′N 10°15′E / 50.0°N 10.25°E / 50.0; 10.25

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 144271349 GND: 4053865-5

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