Wörth am Main

Geschichte

Wörth am Main is a town in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 4,700.GeographyLocationWörth am Main lies on the left bank of the Main, nestled between the hills of the Odenwald and Spessart, 13km northwest of Miltenberg, and 19km south of Aschaffenburg.Wörth lies in the Bavarian section of the Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald.HistoryIt is believed that Roman soldiers built a simple earthen-wooden castrum in Wörth as early as Roman Emperor Domitian’s time (AD 81–96), and later a massive stone castrum.In Frankish times, beginning in the 6th century, Wörth was a centre of royal power and with Saint Martin’s Chapel, in today’s graveyard, it was a jumping-off point for Christian missionary work in the Odenwald.The town was refounded on its current site in the latter half of the 13th century by the Lords of Breuberg under the overlordship of the Archbishops of Mainz. In 1291, it had its first documentary mention as the town of Werde (“Island”). An important political change was the town's cession to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816.