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22-731: Obernburg lies at the mouth of the river Mümling , where it empties into the Main , at the foot of the Odenwald (range). Between 83 and 85, the Romans constructed the Obernburg castrum , named Nemaninga , to guard the Limes Germanicus which followed the Main river here. It was originally built from wood but in the middle of the 2nd century AD replaced by a stone fort. The castrum was

44-517: A department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt ) to the Kingdom of Bavaria . The town became the seat of an Amtsgericht . In 1872, the railway line Aschaffenburg to Miltenberg was opened, with a stop at Obernburg. The first local bridge across the Main was built in 1892. In 1915-7 the Main was channeled and the weir with lock and a hydroelectric plant was constructed. Until 1 July 1972, Obernburg

66-647: A feud. On 25 March 1313, Obernburg was raised to town by Archbishop of Mainz Peter of Aspelt . The confirmation of town rights by Louis the Bavarian came on 27 July 1317 in a document issued in Aschaffenburg . Until the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss in 1803, Obernburg belonged to Electoral Mainz . Thereafter it belonged to the newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg , with which it passed in 1814 (by this time it had become

88-587: A vital part of European " Corridor VII ", the inland waterway link from the North Sea to the Black Sea . In a historical and political sense, the Main line is referred to as the northern border of Southern Germany , with its predominantly Catholic population. The river roughly marked the southern border of the North German Federation , established in 1867 under Prussian leadership as

110-779: Is above all known for its team handball department in the Men's Second Handball Bundesliga . The Obernburg District Court ( Amtsgericht Obernburg ) is the court with jurisdiction over the Miltenberg district. In Obernburg there are a branch office of the Miltenberg district office ( Landratsamt ), the Obernburg Financial Office responsible for the district and a branch office of the Aschaffenburg Employment Office. Schools of general education ( Allgemeinbildende Schulen ) in Obernburg are

132-805: Is one of the European long-distance paths , leading 4,700 km (2,920 miles) across Europe , from Cork in Ireland to Bulgaria . After Ireland it crosses the Irish Sea into Wales and then into England , where it follows part of the Trans Pennine Trail . After crossing the North Sea , it passes through the Netherlands , Germany , Austria , Slovakia , Poland , Ukraine and Romania . It finally crosses Bulgaria before reaching

154-516: Is the firm Reis Robotics . On the other side of the Main lies another industrial area called the Industrie Center Obernburg (ICO). There, in line with tradition, various kinds of chemical fibres are produced. Moreover, the industrial park is home to many other, smaller businesses in various fields. Although the industrial park bears the name "Obernburg", and this is also the postal address, it actually lies exclusively within

176-680: The Dr.-Albert-Liebmann-Schule . Obernburg is twinned with: Main (river) The Main ( German pronunciation: [ˈmaɪn] ) is the longest tributary of the Rhine . It rises as the White Main in the Fichtel Mountains of northeastern Bavaria and flows west through central Germany for 525 kilometres (326 mi) to meet the Rhine below Rüsselsheim , Hesse . The cities of Mainz and Wiesbaden are close to

198-653: The Franconian Jura mountain range, 50 km (31 mi) in length, and runs through Creussen and Bayreuth . The White Main originates in the Fichtel Mountains ; it is 41 km (25 mi) long. In its upper and middle section, the Main runs through the valleys of the German Highlands. Its lower section crosses the Lower Main Lowlands ( Hanau-Seligenstadt Basin and northern Upper Rhine Plain ) to Wiesbaden , where it discharges into

220-887: The Johannes-Obernburger-Volksschule ( primary school and Hauptschule ), the Eisenbach primary school and the Main-Limes- Realschule . Vocational training schools are the Staatliche Berufsschule Miltenberg-Obernburg , the Berufsfachschule für Kaufmännische Assistenten (for sales assistants) and the Staatliche Fachoberschule und Berufsoberschule Obernburg . Furthermore, there are a municipal music school and

242-743: The Rhine . Major tributaries of the Main are the Regnitz , the Franconian Saale , the Tauber , and the Nidda . The name Main originates from Latin Moenis , Moenus or Menus . It is not related to the name of the city Mainz (Latin: Mogontiacum or Moguntiacum ). The Main is navigable for shipping from its mouth at the Rhine close to Mainz for 396 km (246 mi) to Bamberg . Since 1992,

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264-508: The Danube itself are of the same dimensions. There are 34 weirs and locks along the 380 km navigable portion of the Main, from the confluence with the Regnitz near Bamberg, to the Rhine. Most of the weirs or dams along the Main also have turbines for power generation. Tributaries from source to mouth: Left Right Around Frankfurt are several large inland ports. Because

286-495: The Main has been connected to the Danube via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and the highly regulated Altmühl river. The Main has been canalized with 34 large locks (300 × 12 m or 984 × 39 ft) to allow CEMT class V vessels (110 × 11.45 m or 360.9 × 37.6 ft) to navigate the total length of the river. The 16 locks in the adjacent Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and

308-1092: The communities of Erlenbach am Main and Elsenfeld . Obernburg retains a significant part of its town fortifications, particularly the Upper Gate ( Oberes Tor ), the Alms Tower ( Almosenturm ) and the Round Tower ( Runder Turm ). Other historic buildings include the town hall, the Annakapelle (chapel) and the Baroque church in Eisenbach. Since 1990, Obernburg has been located on the Fränkischer Rotwein Wanderweg ("Franconian Red Wine Hiking Trail"). European walking route E8 runs through Obernburg, linking County Kerry in Ireland to Istanbul in Turkey. The sport club TUSPO Obernburg

330-531: The confluence. The largest cities on the Main are Frankfurt am Main , Offenbach am Main and Würzburg . It is the longest river lying entirely in Germany (if the Weser - Werra are considered separate). The Main flows through the north and north-west of the state of Bavaria then across southern Hesse ; against the latter it demarcates a third state, Baden-Württemberg , east and west of Wertheim am Main ,

352-637: The fort's via principalis . A beneficiarii station has been shown to have existed on the Limes road south of the castrum, from which numerous dedication stones have been secured. In the Alamannic invasion of 259 and 260, the castrum fell, but was resettled later on. In the 4th and 5th centuries the Franks settled the area. In 1204, Wolfger von Erla built a castle in defiance of the Count of Ortenburg in

374-481: The garrison of the Cohors IIII Aquitanorum equitata . The stone fort, with an area of 2.9 ha and a nearly rectangular ground plan of roughly 185/188 × 160 m was oriented to the river Main. Obernburg's old town still somewhat corresponds to the castrum's footprint, with some of the thoroughfares corresponding to Roman streets, such as today's Römerstrasse which follows the course of

396-657: The northernmost town of that state. The upper end of its basin opposes that of the Danube where the watershed is recognised by natural biologists, sea salinity studies (and hydrology science more broadly) as the European Watershed . The Main begins near Kulmbach in Franconia at the joining of its two headstreams, the Red Main ( Roter Main ) and the White Main ( Weißer Main ). The Red Main originates in

418-832: The predecessor of the German Empire . The river course also corresponds with the Speyer line isogloss between Central and Upper German dialects, sometimes mocked as Weißwurstäquator . The Main-Radweg is a major German bicycle path alongside the river. Approximately 600 kilometres long (370 mi), it is the first long-distance instance awarded 5 stars by the General German Bicycle Club ( ADFC ) in 2008. It starts from Creußen or Bischofsgrün and ends in Mainz . European walking route E8 The E8 European long distance path or E8 path

440-661: The river is rather narrow on many of the upper reaches, navigation with larger vessels and push convoys requires great skill. The largest cities along the Main are Frankfurt am Main , Offenbach am Main and Würzburg . The Main also passes the following towns: Burgkunstadt , Lichtenfels , Bad Staffelstein , Eltmann , Haßfurt , Schweinfurt , Volkach , Kitzingen , Marktbreit , Ochsenfurt , Karlstadt , Gemünden , Lohr , Marktheidenfeld , Wertheim , Miltenberg , Obernburg , Erlenbach/Main , Aschaffenburg , Seligenstadt , Hainburg , Hanau , Hattersheim , Flörsheim , and Rüsselsheim . The river has gained enormous importance as

462-518: The second, in sinister a demi-tree of the second. The town once bore different arms showing the Wheel of Mainz , but this charge was dropped when the town became part of Bavaria in 1814. The new arms were introduced on the Mayor's Medal in 1819. It has appeared in all official seals ever since. Obernburg's industrial area lies near the outlying centre of Eisenbach in the town's south. The largest company

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484-404: Was the seat of a like-named district. This was abolished in the course of municipal reform. On 1 May 1978, the neighbouring municipality of Eisenbach was amalgamated with Obernburg. The council is made up of 20 council members, with seats apportioned thus: The town's arms might be described thus: Argent on a mount vert a buck attired statant gules, in his mouth a bunch of grapes Or stalked of

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