Schweinfurt

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Basic data
State:	Bavaria
Regierungsbezirk:	Unterfranken
District:	district-free city
Area:	35,63 km²
Inhibitants:	54.670 (31.12.2002)
Density of Inhibitants:	1534 People/km²
Postal code:	97421
Phone Prefix:	09721
Location:	50° 03' North 10° 14' East
License plate code:	SW
Official municipality code:	09 6 62 000
Address of Administration:	Markt 1 97421 Schweinfurt
Website:	www.schweinfurt.de
Politics
Mayor:	Gudrun Grieser (CSU)

Schweinfurt is a city in the Unterfranken region of Bavaria in Germany.

A famous native of Schweinfurt is Friedrich Rückert, a notable poet and translator. The Museum Georg Schäfer, founded by Georg Schäfer, shows among others important pieces of Altdeutschen Malerei.

Table of contents

1 Economy 2 Communal facilities 3 Information 4 History 5 External links

Economy

Schweinfurt is known for its metal industry, especially ball-bearing plants and bicycle manufacturing. (See also Kugelfischer and Sachs). The pigment Schweinfurter Green, which is extremely toxic, was manufactured here. In World War II, Schweinfurt's ball-bearing plants were targets of at least two major B-17 daylight bombing raids by the United States Army Air Force.

Communal facilities

swimming pool, swimming hall, library, school of music

Information

• City map (http://www.speedmap-schweinfurt.de/)
• Events (http://www.schweinfurt.info/databases/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen.php4)

History

In World War II, Schweinfurt was the target of a series of strategic bombing raids by the United States Army Air Force.

External links

• Stadt Schweinfurt (http://www.schweinfurt.de/)
• -- Museum Georg Schäfer (http://www.museumgeorgschaefer.de/)

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