Marktbreit
Marktbreit is a toun in the destrict o Kitzingen in the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken in Bavarie situatit at the maist soothren point o the Main river. It is the birthplace o Alois Alzheimer who first identified the symptoms o wha is nou kent as Alzheimer's disease. Wi its suburb Gnodstadt, Marktbreit haes aboot 4,000 inhabitants (2004).
Marktbreit | |
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 The Malerwinkel'in Marktbreit | |
 Coat airms | |
  Marktbreit | |
Location o Marktbreit athin Kitzingen destrict  | |
| Coordinates: 49°40′1″N 10°8′37″E / 49.66694°N 10.14361°ECoordinates: 49°40′1″N 10°8′37″E / 49.66694°N 10.14361°E | |
| Kintra | Germany |
| State | Bavarie |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken |
| Destrict | Kitzingen |
| Municipal assoc. | Marktbreit |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Erich Hegwein (CSU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.15 km2 (7.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 191 m (627 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,986 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 97338–97340 |
| Diallin codes | 09332 |
| Vehicle registration | KT |
| Website | www.marktbreit.de |
History
eeditAuld ruins o a Roman castle show the importance o Marktbreit's location durin the era o Emperor Augustus. It wis first mentioned as "broite inferior" in a document o the coont o Castell in 1266. It is vera likely that thare wis a dounset for some hunder years at the delta o the Breitbach. In 1557, Keeng Ferdinand alloued the dounset tae hauld mercats, an the name Marktbreit wis gien tae the smaw toun. In the 17t an 18t hunderyear Marktbreit wis an important mercatplace acause the shortest wey tae the Danube frae the Main (which ends in the Rhine) stairts in Marktbreit.
References
eedit- ↑ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).