Kreuzwertheim
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Location of Kreuzwertheim within Main-Spessart district
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| Coordinates: 49°46′N 9°31′E / 49.767°N 9.517°ECoordinates: 49°46′N 9°31′E / 49.767°N 9.517°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Bavaria | |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken | |
| District | Main-Spessart | |
| Municipal assoc. | Kreuzwertheim | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Klaus H. Thoma (-) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 19.98 km2 (7.71 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 144 m (472 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 3,819 | |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 97892 | |
| Dialling codes | 09342 | |
| Vehicle registration | MSP | |
| Website | www.kreuzwertheim.de | |
Kreuzwertheim is a market community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (municipal association) of Kreuzwertheim. It has around 3,800 inhabitants.
The community lies on the right bank of the river Main on the edge of the Spessart, across the river from the town of Wertheim in Baden-Württemberg.
Kreuzwertheim's Ortsteile are (with year of amalgamation and rough population figures):
The community has the following Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Kreuzwertheim, Röttbach, Unterwittbach, Wiebelbach.
As witnessed by finds of stone hatchets, human settlement in the municipal area goes as far back as the Stone Age. The first known description of the settlement names Werdheim, which can be taken to mean "homestead on the safe riverbank", referring to the community's location on the Main.
The community's first documentary mention came (quite likely) as early as 779 (as one of the Fulda Abbey's outlying holdings). Werdheim developed into the mother parish for the southeastern Spessart area, which itself was first overseen by the Bishop of Würzburg. In 1009 the town was conferred of market rights by King Heinrich II.
From the early 12th century, one branch of the Reginbodo noble family was naming itself after Wertheim. This family had a new defensive complex built on the Main's left bank, whereby, under this new protection, a new settlement arose, which soon took the name Werdheim. In 1192, today's town of Wertheim (across the river) was first mentioned as Suburbium castri Wertheim. About 1200 this was described as an oppidum (town) and in 1244 as a civitas.
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