Werbach

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Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Werbach within Main-Tauber-Kreis district

(2023–31) Georg Wyrwoll^[1]Area

• Total43.18 km² (16.67 sq mi)Elevation

187 m (614 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total3,268 • Density76/km² (200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

97956

Dialling codes09341, 09348, 09349Vehicle registrationTBB, MGHWebsitewww.werbach.de

Werbach (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛʁbax] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Main-Tauber in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Geographical location

Werbach is located in the Taubertal between Tauberbischofsheim, Wertheim (Main) and Würzburg.

History

Werbach is first mentioned in the year 1248. In 1563 the plague killed almost 500 people in Werbach. During the Campaign of the Main near Werbach one of the last combats of the Austro-Prussian War took place. On 24 July 1866 troops of Baden fought against troops of Oldenburg. The troops of Oldenburg, allies of the Prussians, occupied Werbach.

According to a municipal reform in Baden-Württemberg the municipalities of Werbach, Wenkheim, Werbachhausen and Brunntal were combined to the new municipality of Werbach on 31 December 1973. Gamburg and Niklashausen followed on 1 January 1975.^[3]

External links

Official site of Werbach

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahl Werbach 2023, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
^ Statistisches Bundesamt (ed.): Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart/Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1, p. 469.