Würzburg is a city in the traditional region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. At the next-down tier of local government it is the administrative seat of Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main.

Würzburg is about 120 kilometres (75 mi) from Frankfurt am Main, to west and Nuremberg (Nürnberg), to east. The city has around 130,000 residents.

The regional dialect is East Franconian.

The city is outside of the Landkreis Würzburg (district of Würzburg) but has its administrative centre.

Würzburg spans the banks of the river Main. The heart of the town is on the locally eastern (right) bank. The town is enclosed by the Landkreis Würzburg, but is not a part of it.

Würzburg covers an area of 87.6 square-kilometres and lies at an altitude of around 177 metres.

Of the total municipal area, in 2007, building area accounted for 30%, followed by agricultural land (27.9%), forestry/wood (15.5%), green spaces (12.7%), traffic (5.4%), water (1.2%) and others (7.3%).

The centre of Würzburg is surrounded by hills. To the west lies the 266 metre Marienberg and the Nikolausberg (359 m) to the south of it. The Main flows through Würzburg from the south-east to the north-west.