Würzburg – The Location

Würzburg is surrounded by the forests Spessart, Rhön and Steigerwald. It sits on the right side of the Main River at latitude 49° 48’ North and longitude 9°56’ East. The city itself is at 182m above sea level; the Alter Kranen is at 166m and the Frankenwarte at 360m above sea level. The city sprawls out over 87.7 square kilometers. Würzburg has 130,000 inhabitants.

Würzburg – Politically

Würzburg is the Unterfranken county seat; received the flag of honor from the Council of Europe, the European Award, and the official title “City of Europe.”

Würzburg – Learning and Education

Würzburg’s Julius-Maximilian University was home to 13 Nobel Prize winners, such as Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of x-rays, 1901) and Klaus von Klitzig (Nobel Prize in physics, 1985). The university has 12 different faculties and 70 institutes. The University of Applied Sciences, Fachhochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt has 10 faculties and offers 11 different diplomas, 5 bachelors and 4 masters programs. The College of Music has trained numerous outstanding musicians. All in all, there are 27,000 students in Würzburg, pursuing research projects and degree programs. Also, there are 49 regular high schools and 56 vocational high schools. Würzburg offers more educational opportunities than most cities in Germany.

Würzburg – Research and Commerce

Würzburg is an economic hotspot in the region “Mainfranken”. The city boasts a large commercial metropolis and the second largest service industry center in Bavaria, offering jobs to 90,000 employees. Nationally and internationally known companies call this area home: Vogel Medien Gruppe, Koenig & Bauer AG, Mero-TSK, Noell Crane Systems.

As far as research is concerned, the Theodor-Boveri-Institute for biological science and the Rudolf-Virchow-Institute for experimental biomedicine enjoy an excellent reputation. New innovations are being developed at institutions, such as the South German Center for Man-Made Materials, the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research, and the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research. People interested in starting up there own projects, find great support at foundations, such as the Foundation for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, the Center for Communications Technology, and the Technology Foundation.

Würzburg – Conference City and Tourist Attraction

Würzburg offers about 4,500 hotel beds. Annually, the city averages 650,000 overnight stays and 3,200,000 day trip visitors. Würzburg belongs to a number of tourism marketing organizations, such as Historic Highlights of Germany, the marketing cooperation Romantic Road, the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Germany, as well as the tourist associations of Franconia and the Franconian Wine Country.

Würzburg – Infrastructure

Würzburg enjoys a fantastic infrastructure. Numerous old and new traffic routes intersect here: the Autobahn A3 (Cologne – Würzburg – Munich), the Autobahn A7 (Hannover – Würzburg – Ulm), and the Autobahn A81 (Stuttgart – Heilbronn – Würzburg). As far as trains are concerned, Würzburg enjoys 70 daily ICE/IC connections as well as 350 regular passenger trains. Furthermore, the Frankfurt International Airport is only about an hour away and you can hop on a boat to cruise up or down the Main River to some of the areas best attractions. Also, the river cruise ships traveling from Rotterdam/Basel to Vienna and Budapest make a stop here.

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Some more details

5th biggest town in bavaria behind Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg and Regensburg.

Next bigger cities:

• Frankfurt, 120 km north-west
• Nürnberg 115 km south-east
• Stuttgart 140 km south-west

In 2004: birthday of Würzburg (1300 years)

The Würzburger Residenz became World Heritage Site from the UNESCO in 1981.

Town Twinning

Würzburg keeps town twinnings with the following cities:

• Caen (France), since 1962
• Dundee , (UK), since 1962
• Rochester , (State of New York), since 1964
• Mwanza (Tansania), since 1966
• Otsu (Japan), since 1979
• Salamanca (Spain), since 1980
• Suhl (Thuringia), since 1988
• Umeå (Sweden), since 1992
• Bray (Ireland), since 2000