Werneck

Werneck
Municipality
Werneck Palace in Werneck, by Balthasar Neumann
Coat of arms
Location of Werneck within Schweinfurt district
Werneck Werneck
Coordinates: 49°59′N 10°6′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Schweinfurt
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Sebastian Hauck (CSU)
Area
• Total	73.56 km2 (28.40 sq mi)
Elevation	222 m (728 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	10,051
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	97440
Dialling codes	09722
Vehicle registration	SW
Website	www.werneck.de

Garden view of the palace

View of the palace from the old marketplace of Werneck, Balthasar-Neumann-Platz

Werneck is a market town in Schweinfurt in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.

Geography

Place

Werneck is in Lower Franconia in Bavaria, about 12 km from Schweinfurt and 25 km from Würzburg. It is on a curve in the Wern, a tributary of the Main, on the edge of the plateau above the river. Its highest point is at 337.20 m of elevation, its lowest at 212.50 m. The total area of the municipality is 73.65 km², of which about 9 km² are wooded.

Subdivisions

Werneck has the following districts:

• Eckartshausen
• Egenhausen
• Ettleben
• Eßleben
• Mühlhausen
• Rundelshausen
• Schleerieth
• Schnackenwerth
• Schraudenbach
• Stettbach
• Vasbühl
• Werneck
• Zeuzleben

References

• Manfred Fuchs. Chronik der jüdischen Gemeinde von Werneck. Spuren jüdischen Lebens 1677–1904. Werneck: Historisches Verein Markt Werneck, 2010 (in German)

Other websites

• Official website (in German)
• Historischer Verein Markt Werneck (Historical Society)
• Denkmale in Werneck (Monuments) (requires agreement with terms of service)
• Werneck in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th ed. (1885–1892)