Thüngen

Thüngen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Thüngen within Main-Spessart district
Thüngen Thüngen
Coordinates: 49°56′32″N 9°51′34″E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Main-Spessart
Municipal assoc.	Zellingen
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Lorenz Strifsky (SPD)
Area
• Total	13.61 km2 (5.25 sq mi)
Elevation	199 m (653 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	1,326
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	97289
Dialling codes	09360
Vehicle registration	MSP
Website	www.markt-thuengen.de

Thüngen (German: [ˈtʏŋən] (listen)) is a market community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Zellingen.

Geography

Location

Thüngen is in the Würzburg Region, 25 km north of Würzburg and 30 km west of Schweinfurt, in the north of the Main Triangle (Maindreieck) on the river Wern.

The community has only the Gemarkung (traditional rural cadastral area) of Thüngen.

Further reading

• Fritz Kugler: Thüngener Heimatbuch, Markt Thüngen 1988, keine ISBN
• Hannskarl Frhr. von Thüngen: Das Haus Thüngen 788 - 1988. Geschichte eines fränkischen Adelsgeschlechts. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 1988, ISBN 3-429-01162-0.