Main-Spessart: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Statistics
State:	Bavaria
Adm. Region:	Unterfranken
Capital:	Karlstadt
Area:	1321 km²
Inhabitants:	132,000 (2000)
pop. density:	100 inh./km²
Car identification:	MSP
Website:	main-spessart.de
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Main-Spessart is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Bad Kissingen, Schweinfurt and Würzburg, the state of Baden-Württemberg (district of Main-Tauber), the districts of Miltenberg and Aschaffenburg, and the state of Hesse (district of Main-Kinzig).

History

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Gemünden, Karlstadt, Lohr and Marktheidenfeld

The Main River forms a large horse-shoe bend in the district, entering in the southeast and leaving to the southwest. In the north it is joined by the Frankish Saale River. In the west of the district the Spessart mountains are rising.

The coat of arms displays: a wheel symbolising the clerical state of Mainz the arms of the bishopric of Würzburg an oak leaf representing the forests of the area a bunch of grapes symbolising viticulture a wavy line representing the Main River