Waldbüttelbrunn is a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...

 in the district of Würzburg

Würzburg (district)

Würzburg is a Kreis in the northwestern part of Bavaria, Germany.Neighboring districts are Main-Spessart, Schweinfurt, Kitzingen, Neustadt -Bad Windsheim, and the district Main-Tauber in Baden-Württemberg...

 in Lower Franconia

Lower Franconia

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, Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

Germany

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. It is located about 8 km (5 mi) west of Würzburg. The population is 5055 (December 2008).

Business

There is a 28 hectare (70 acre) business park in the north of Waldbüttelbrunn, which provides employment to over 1000 people.

History

Archaeological excavations have shown that the area was settled as early as 5000 BC. The first official document mentioning "Waldbüttelbrunn" as "Büttelbrunn" dates from AD 748.

In 1803 Waldbüttelbrunn, together with the whole area around Würzburg

Würzburg

Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....

, became part of Bavaria

Bavaria

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.
One of the last battles of the Austro-Prussian War

Austro-Prussian War

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 of 1866 took place near Waldbüttelbrunn.

Twinning arrangements

Waldbütellbrunn is in good contact with the French municipality of Fleury sur Orne in Normandy

Normandy

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, with annual visits and student exchanges. The Polish municipality of Radomysl nad Sanem

Radomysl nad Sanem

Radomyśl nad Sanem is a village in Stalowa Wola County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Radomyśl nad Sanem. It lies approximately north-west of Stalowa Wola and north of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of...

 and the Thuringian municipality of Remptendorf

Remptendorf

Remptendorf is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany....

are also twinned with Waldbüttelbrunn.