Veitshöchheim () is a municipality in the
district of Würzburg, in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It is situated on the
right bank
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of the
Main
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, northwest of
Würzburg
Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the Franconia#Towns and cities, third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It sp ...
. Veitshöchheim has a population just under 10,000. It includes two villages: Veitshöchheim and
Gadheim
Attractions
Schloss Veitshöchheim
is located in the town. 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
Johann Balthasar Neumann (; c. 27 January 1687 – 19 August 1753), usually known as Balthasar Neumann, was a German architect and military artillery engineer who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Ita ...
. The gardens were redesigned for Prince-Bishop
Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim
Adam Friedrich Graf von Seinsheim (1708–1779) was the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1755 to 1779 and Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1757 to 1779.
Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim was born in Regensburg on 16 February 1708, the son of Maximilian ...
(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
Johann Peter Alexander Wagner (c.26 February 1730 – 7 January 1809) was a German rococo sculptor.
Life
Wagner was born in Theres, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Germany and was initially trained by his father, Johann Thomas Wagner. In 1747 he to ...
.
Infrastructure
Transport
Veitshöchheim has a
railway station
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near the Schloss with a former royal pavilion.
Partner towns
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Rotava
Rotava () is a town in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Rotava consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*Rotava ...
,
Karlovy Vary Region
The Karlovy Vary Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of the country. It is named after its capital Karlovy Vary. It is known for spas, which include Karlovy Vary and Mariánské Lázně.
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, Czech Republic
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Pont-l'Évêque,
Calvados
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History In France
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, France
Jumelages
pontleveque.fr
References
External links
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Würzburg (district)
Populated places on the Main basin
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