[3] Like Oxford, the town of Ochsenfurt is named after a ford where oxen crossed the river.

The town is situated on the left bank of the River Main, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of Würzburg.

The Stadtteile of Ochsenfurt are: Darstadt, Erlach, Goßmannsdorf, Hohestadt, Hopferstadt, Kleinochsenfurt, Tückelhausen, and Zeubelried.

[4] A monastery, Tückelhausen Charterhouse, dedicated to Saints Lambert, John the Baptist, and George, was founded in 1138 by Otto I, Bishop of Bamberg, as a double canonry of the Premonstratensians.

Ochsenfurt also features several Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, among them that of St Michael (Michaelskapelle), a Gothic edifice[6] In 1911 there was a considerable trade in wine and agricultural products, other industries being brewing and malting.