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Ochsenfurt (Bavaria)
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital.
The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity. Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Ochsenfurt is a town in the district of Wurzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the River Main, crossed by a stone bridge, 13 miles south from Wurzburg by the railway to Munich, and at the junction of a line to Rottingen. It is populated with 11,600 inhabitants. In 1911 it contained an Evangelical and five Roman Catholic churches, among them is that of St Michael, a fine Gothic edifice. There is a considerable trade in wine and agricultural produce in Ochsenfurt, other industries being brewing and malting.
The free state of Bavaria, with an area of 70,553 square kilometers and 12.4 million inhabitants, forms the southernmost state of today's Germany. Its capital is Munich. Bavaria shares international borders with Austria and the Czech Republic as well as with Switzerland. Its neighboring states within Germany are Baden-Wurttemberg, Hesse, Thuringia and Saxony. Two major rivers flow through the state, the Danube and the Main. The Bavarian Alps define the border with Austria, and within the range is the highest peak in Germany, the Zugspitze. The major cities in Bavaria are Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg, Regensburg, Wurzburg, Ingolstadt, Furth and Erlangen.
Ochsenfurt, Bavaria, is also said the place of best geographical environment and can trace its origins back to prehistoric times. Due to its many historic events and places it has been one of the favorite destinations of visitors.
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