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Schloss Veitshöchheim

Veitshöchheim

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Veitshöchheim
Veitshöchheim

Coordinates: 49°49′58″N 9°52′54″E / 49.83278°N 9.88167°E / 49.83278; 9.88167Coordinates: 49°49′58″N 9°52′54″E / 49.83278°N 9.88167°E / 49.83278; 9.88167

Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Unterfranken
District
Subdivisions 3 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor Rainer Kinzkofer (SPD)
Area
 • Total 10.76 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Elevation 167-281 m (−755 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 9,669
 • Density 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 97209
Dialling codes 0931
Vehicle registration WÜ
Website www.veitshoechheim.de

Veitshöchheim is a municipality in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 6 km northwest of Würzburg. In the town is Schloss Veitshöchheim; 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.

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

References

Towns and municipalities in Würzburg
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