CITY HALL ALL-ROUND CARE LEISURE & CULTURE BUSINESS CITY PORTRAIT 1 You are here: City portrait City history CITY HISTORY CHECKERED HISTORY Many life paths since the first documentary mention in 1018 can be traced in today's Zeil, because the history of Zeil has been comprehensively dealt with. Even the darkest chapters such as the time of the witch burnings are not missing. A visit to the “Hexenturm” documentation center is just as recommendable as a city tour or a look at the three-volume city chronicle. Zeil was probably nothing more than a collection of farms at the time of the first documentary mention in 1018. As an exclave of the Bamberg monastery, a small town developed whose citizens grew out of agriculture and cattle, fruit and viticulture, but also from the processing of the Mainsandsteins nourished. The tradition of stone carving is upheld to this day and works made of Zeil sandstone can be admired on many buildings, not only in Germany. Zeil, raised to the rank of town in 1379, was always at the mercy of the power struggles between the two monasteries of Würzburg and Bamberg. Two castles and a massive city wall with many towers secured the strategically important city. Today Zeil is a lively small town in which industry, trade and handicrafts, but also tourism, have developed well. The picturesque splendor of the half-timbered houses unfolds above all on the market square, which the people of Zeil also call their “parlor”. It is the incomparable setting for the Zeil Wine Festival on the first weekend in August. Narrow side streets, picturesque corners and remnants of the city fortifications convey a feeling of security. Besucher schätzen die freundliche Aufgeschlossenheit der Bevölkerung und die gepflegte Gastlichkeit. In der Stadt gibt es eine überregional bekannte Privatbrauerei und gemütliche Biergärten. An den Südhängen der Haßberge wächst zudem ein vorzüglicher Wein, der in behaglichen Lokalen direkt vom Erzeuger kredenzt wird. Die Zeiler sind stolz darauf, dass in ihren Mauern Abt Alberich Degen geboren wurde, der die Silvanerrebe nach Franken brachte. Sie haben ihm in den Weinbergen ein Denkmal gesetzt und 1995 den Abt-Degen-Steig eröffnet, einen sehr beliebten Wanderweg mitten durch die Weinberge mit herrlichen Ausblicken. Zeils berühmter Sohn ist auch der Namensgeber für das „Abt-Degen-Weintal“. © Hans Brech ANSCHRIFT & KONTAKT Stadt Zeil a.Main Marktplatz 8 97475 Zeil am Main +49 9524 949-0 +49 9524 949-19 info@zeil-am-main.de OPENING HOURS Click to show further opening or closing times Closed:opens on Monday at 8:00 a.m. INFO imprint data protection Our contacts contact form The correct and complete functioning of our services requires cookies. By clicking the [OK] button, you consent to our Internet domain using cookies. OK