Wurzburg

Wurzburg is a metropolis within the vicinity of Franconia, northern Bavaria, Germany. Located on the Main River, it's far the capital of the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is East Franconian. Wurzburg lies approximately equidistant from Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg. Although the town of Wurzburg isn't a part of the Landkreis Wurzburg, it's miles the seat of the district's management. The town has a populace of around 130,000 human beings.

A Bronze Age safe haven citadel stood on the web page of the prevailing Fortress Marienberg. The former Celtic territory changed into settled with the aid of the Alamanni in the 4th or 5th century, and by means of the Franks in the sixth to 7th. Wurzburg changed into the seat of a Merovingian duke from approximately 650. It was Christianized in 686 by using Irish missionaries Kilian, Kolonat and Totnan. The city is cited in a donation by Duke Hedan II to bishop Willibrord, dated 1 May 704, in castellum Virteburch. The Ravenna Cosmography lists the metropolis as Uburzis at approximately the same time.