Schweinfurt

American  

[shvahyn-foort] / ˈʃvaɪn fʊərt /

noun

1. a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.

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Schweinfurt British  

/ ˈʃvainfʊrt /

noun

1. a city in central Germany, in N Bavaria on the River Main. Pop: 54 601 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

Entire military communities such as Schweinfurt, Fulda and Giessen withdrew, and the land they had occupied was handed back to Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

It includes an agreement that the provenance of the works will be clearly displayed in the Georg Schäfer Museum in Schweinfurt in northern Bavaria, which houses the foundation’s collection.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Bavarian soccer authorities had already promoted Türkgücü to the third division for the new season, making second-placed Schweinfurt the best Bavarian amateur side at the time of registration for the cup.

From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2020

Beirne Lay, Jr., said, in an account of a B-17 bombing raid by U.S. forces against Schweinfurt, a German city that produced ball bearings for the Third Reich’s war machine.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2019

At Schweinfurt, 1532, in opposition to the Papists, the Lutherans appealed to the Augustana and Apology as the confession of their faith, designating the latter as "the defense and explanation of the Confession."

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)