Würzburg

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Würzburg is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It has about 130,000 inhabitants and an university. Würzburg is seat of a roman-catholic bishop.

About 1000 B.C. there was a Celtic settlement on that place. In 698 A.D. Würzburg became christianised. First time mentioned it was in 704. In 742 A.D. Würzburg became seat of a bishop. Up from 1168 the bishops of Würzburg had the title Herzog (Duke), given from the emporer. In 1402 Würzburg got an university, later closed, reopened in 1582. In the year 1631 Gustav Adolph of Sweden conquered Würzburg in the 30-year war. And in 1803 the Duchy of Würzburg became part of Bavaria, in 1938 the city had more than 100,000 inhabitants first time. In 1945 the city became nearly completly destroyed.

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