History

• AD 735  - Nunnery founded by Bishop Bonifacius

• Between 1237 and 1245 - Town charter granted

• 1688 -Latin School, forerunner of the Matthias Grünewald Grammar School, founded by Franciscan monks

• 1867 - Work begins on the construction of the neo-Gothic Town Hall at the Market Place

• 1910-1914 - Construction of the Catholic Town Church of St. Martin

• 1954 - Fencing Centre founded by Emil Beck; today, it is the National and Regional Fencing Centre; Olympic Fencing Centre

• Since 1973 - Capital of the Main-Tauber District

• 2005 - 1250th anniversary of Tauberbischofsheim