Veitshöchheim

Municipality in Bavaria, Germany

(2020–26) Jürgen Götz^[1] (CSU)Area • Total10.76 km² (4.15 sq mi)Highest elevation281 m (922 ft)Lowest elevation167 m (548 ft)Population • Total9,634 • Density900/km² (2,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes0931Vehicle registrationWÜWebsitewww.veitshoechheim.de

Veitshöchheim (German pronunciation: [faɪ̯t͡sˈhøːçhaɪ̯m]) is a municipality in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 6 kilometres (4 mi) northwest of Würzburg. Veitshöchheim has a population just under 10,000. It includes two villages: Veitshöchheim and Gadheim^[3]

Attractions

Schloss Veitshöchheim

de: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. The gardens were redesigned for Prince-Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim (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.

Infrastructure

Transport

Veitshöchheim has a railway station near the Schloss with a former royal pavilion.

Partner towns

• Rotava, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic^[4]
• Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados, France^[5]

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