Ochsenfurt

Like Oxford, the town of Ochsenfurt is named after a ford where oxen crossed the river. ==Geography==

Location The town is situated on the left bank of the River Main, south of Würzburg. Subdivision The Stadtteile of Ochsenfurt are: Darstadt, Erlach, Goßmannsdorf, Hohestadt, Hopferstadt, Kleinochsenfurt, Tückelhausen, and Zeubelried. ==History==

Ochsenfurt was one of the places in Germany where King Richard I of England was detained in 1193 while on his way to England from the Third Crusade. A monastery, Tückelhausen Charterhouse, dedicated to Saints Lambert, John the Baptist, and George, was founded in 1138 by Otto I, Bishop of Bamberg, as a double canonry of the Premonstratensians. From 1351 it belonged to the Carthusians and was secularised in 1803. ==Attractions==

The charterhouse was largely converted for private residential use and since 1991 contains a museum of Carthusian life. Ochsenfurt also features several Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, among them that of St Michael (Michaelskapelle), a Gothic edifice. ==Economy==

In 1911 there was a considerable trade in wine and agricultural products, other industries being brewing and malting. Ochsenfurt also has one of the largest sugar factories in Germany. ==Governance==

Mayor Peter Juks (UWG) is the mayor of Ochsenfurt. Town twinning Ochsenfurt is twinned with: == Gallery ==

File:Ochsenfurt, katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Andreas DmD-6-79-170-107 foto4 2016-08-07 10.44.jpg|Church: Pfarrkirche Sankt Andreas File:Ochsenfurt, straatzicht die Hauptstrasse-Zwinger met das Oberes Tor DmD-6-79-170-93 foto8 2016-08-07 10.33.jpg|Town gate: Oberes Tor File:Ochsenfurt, das Klingentor DmD-6-79-170-51 foto7 2016-08-07 10.51.jpg|Town gate: Klingentor File:Gossmanndorf, straatzicht Zielweg-Zehnhofstrasse foto3 2016-08-07 11.29.jpg|Gossmanndorf, street view: Zielweg-Zehnhofstrasse == Notable people==

• Hieronymus Dungersheim (1465–1540), Catholic theologian • Tomas Oral (born 1973), football player and coach • Maximilian Götz (born 1986), racing driver ==Bibliography==