Werbach () is a country town in the district of
Main-Tauber in
Baden-Württemberg in
Germany.
Geographical location
Werbach is located in the
Taubertal between
Tauberbischofsheim,
Wertheim (Main) and
Würzburg.
History
Werbach is first mentioned in the year 1248. In 1563 the plague killed almost 500 people in Werbach. During the
Campaign of the Main
The Campaign of the Main (in German: ''Mainfeldzug'') was a campaign of the Prussian army in the area of the river Main against the allies of Austria in Southern Germany during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.
Preliminary campaign
While the gr ...
near Werbach one of the last combats of the
Austro-Prussian War
The Austro-Prussian War, also by many variant names such as Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), (; "German war of brothers") and by a variety of other names, was fought in 186 ...
took place. On 24 July 1866 troops of
Baden fought against troops of
Oldenburg. The troops of Oldenburg, allies of the
Prussians, occupied Werbach.
According to a municipal reform in Baden-Württemberg the municipalities of Werbach, Wenkheim, Werbachhausen and Brunntal were combined to the new municipality of Werbach on 31 December 1973. Gamburg and Niklashausen followed on 1 January 1975.
[Statistisches Bundesamt (ed.): Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982. ]W. Kohlhammer
W. Kohlhammer Verlag GmbH, or Kohlhammer Verlag, is a German publishing house headquartered in Stuttgart.
History
Kohlhammer Verlag was founded in Stuttgart on 30 April 1866 by . Kohlhammer had taken over the businesses of his late father-in-law ...
, Stuttgart/Mainz 1983, , p. 469.
External links
Official site of Werbach
References
Main-Tauber-Kreis
Baden
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