Forst in

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is a little village in the Schonungen municipality that lies in the district of Schweinfurt. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Location

Forst lies approximately 1/2 mile just north of the

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river along the southern exposed north bank of the

river valley. At 923 ft (284m) above sea level, it is about 227 ft (70m) above the river. Many new houses have been built, except in the old village center, due to the great view into the valley. The expansion predominantly took place to the west towards Schonungen. Forst (Schonungen)

History

The village is first documented in the year 1183. The village was formed as a part of the free imperial city of

Schweinfurt Schweinfurt ( , ; ) is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding district (''Landkreis'') of Schweinfurt and a major industrial, cultural and educational hub. The urban agg ...

which was later given to the Count of Henneberg. During the Margravian War in 1553 and the

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the area suffered heavily.

Objects of Interest

Forst's main landmarks include: *The old tithe house from the year 1567 and other

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(Tudor-type) houses along the old roads which meet in the village center at the park *The war memorial and above it the natural stone spring in the village center park *St. Godehard catholic church *Boten-Steig Arena (soccer field) of the Forst sports club *Part of the old village wall in the rear church courtyard Schonungen-Forst Brunnen

Events

*Annual **Knutfest of the Forst sports club **Karneval of Forst **Parish fest **Party-Weekend of the Forst sports club **Church fest

Economy

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rye Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to both wheat (''Triticum'') and barley (genus ''Hordeum''). Rye grain is u ...

oats The oat (''Avena sativa''), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural, unlike other cereals and pseudocereals). While oats are suitable for human con ...

rapeseed Rapeseed (''Brassica napus ''subsp.'' napus''), also known as rape, or oilseed rape, is a bright-yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family), cultivated mainly for its oil-rich seed, which naturally contains a ...

beets The beetroot is the taproot portion of a beet plant, usually known in North America as beets while the vegetable is referred to as beetroot in British English, and also known as the table beet, garden beet, red beet, dinner beet or golden beet ...

corn Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...

, and

asparagus Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name ''Asparagus officinalis'', is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus ''Asparagus''. Its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable. It was once classified in ...

are cultivated in the surrounding fields *The cherries from Forst are well known within the region *Northeast, between Forst and Waldsachsen, are eleven

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s which produce 1 or 2.3 megawatts of electricity each *There are two family-run restaurants and one night club located in town

Traffic

Forst is connected by county road, SW23, to state road B26. Likewise, buslines 8130 (Schweinfurt-Aidhausen) and 8156 (Schweinfurt-Hassfurt) of the Franconia Public Bus Transportation (OVF-Omnibusverkehr Franken) ensure good trafficability in all directions.

Personalities

Sons and Daughters of Forst

* Sebastian König, TV narrator and actor * Ron Mihalko, Former First Sergeant with the longest one station (Schweinfurt) overseas record, has lived in Forst since 1997.

References

External links

Information about Forst
In German Schweinfurt (district) {{Schweinfurtdistrict-geo-stub