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'Obernburg am Main' (official: Obernburg a.Main) is a town in the district of Miltenberg, Bavaria, Germany.

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History

History

Between 83 and 85 AD the Obernburg Fort was founded by Romans.
It was the garrison of the Cohors IIII Aquitanorum equitata, and possibly also at the same time of the Numerus Brittonum et exploratorum Nemaningensium. The stone fort, with an area of 2.9 ha and a nearly rectangular ground plan of c. 185/188 x 160 m was oriented to the river Main. A beneficiarii station has been demonstrated on the Limes road south of the fort, from which numerous dedication stones have been secured and are to be exhibited in a newly established museum.
During the invasion of the Alamanni 259/260 AD the fort was destroyed. Fort and vicus grounds were densely built over by the mediaeval town centre.
On March 25 1313 the Archbishop of Mainz Peter von Aspelt made the village to a city.
Until the German Mediatisation in 1803 Obernburg had belonged to the Archbishopric of Mainz
After this it was a part of the new founded Principality of Aschaffenburg, which 1810 became a part of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt. In 1814 it finally became a part of Bavaria. On July 1 1972 Obernburg lost its position as a district capital. An Amalgamation on May 1 1978 made Eisenbach a Neighbourhood of Obernburg.