Schweinfurt
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| Basic data | |
| State: | Bavaria |
| Regierungsbezirk: | Unterfranken |
| District: | district-free city |
| Area: | km² |
| Inhibitants: | 54.670 (31.12.2002) |
| Density of Inhibitants: | 1534 People/km² |
| Postal code: | 97421 |
| Phone Prefix: | 09721 |
| Location: | 50ÃÂð 03' North 10ÃÂð 14' East |
| License plate code: | SW
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| Official municipality code: | 09 6 62 000 |
| Address of Administration: | Markt 1 97421 Schweinfurt |
| Website: | www.schweinfurt.de |
| Politics | |
| Mayor: | CSU) |
Schweinfurt is a city in the Unterfranken region of Bavaria in Germany.
A famous native of Schweinfurt is Friedrich RÃÂückert, a notable poet and translator. The Museum Georg SchÃÂäfer, founded by Georg SchÃÂäfer, shows among others important pieces of Altdeutschen Malerei.
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 Air Force.
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