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Main-spessartMain-Spessart is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Bad Kissingen, Schweinfurt and Wrzburg, the state of Baden-Wrttemberg (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 Gemnden, Karlstadt, Lohr and Marktheidenfeld Geography 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 Franconian Saale River. In the west of the district the Spessart mountains are rising. Coat of arms | Coat of arms | |The coat of arms displays: - a wheel symbolising the clerical state of Mainz
- the arms of the bishopric of Wrzburg
- an oak leaf representing the forests of the area
- a bunch of grapes symbolising viticulture
- a wavy line representing the Main River
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