 From 1351 it belonged to the Carthusians and was secularised in 1803.The charterhouse was largely converted for private residential use and since 1991 contains a museum of Carthusian life.Ochsenfurt also features several Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, among them that of St Michael ("Michaelskapelle"), a Gothic edifice 

In 1911 there was a considerable trade in wine and agricultural products, other industries being brewing and malting.