Volkach
Volkach is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) in Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the Main River and has a population of around 8,700.
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Location of Volkach within Kitzingen district ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 49°52′N 10°13′E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Bavaria |
Admin. region | Unterfranken |
District | Kitzingen |
Municipal assoc. | Volkach |
Government | |
• Mayor | Heiko Bäuerlein (CSU) |
Area | |
• Total | 60.19 km2 (23.24 sq mi) |
Elevation | 203 m (666 ft) |
Population (2018-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 8,857 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 97332 |
Dialling codes | 09381 |
Vehicle registration | KT |
Website | www.volkach.de |
History
The town was founded in 906 AD.
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Market square
Arts and culture
Volkach's main tourist attraction is its annual wine festival.
Attractions
Located outside the town but inside the municipal territory is the late-Gothic pilgrimage church Maria im Weingarten with a Madonna by Tilman Riemenschneider. It was stolen in 1962 but later recovered.
Sons and daughters of the place
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August von Rothmund around 1890
- August von Rothmund (1831-1906), ophthalmologist and professor
- Leo Kirch (1926-2011), media entrepreneur who was later to lead one of the largest German media groups, the Kirch Group
- Marlies Dumbsky (born 1985), German Wine Queen
Mayors
- 1945–1948: Josef Michael Erb
- 1948–1970: Georg Berz
- 1970–1990: Friedrich Ruß
- 1990–2002: Karl Andreas Schlier
- 2002–2020: Peter Kornell, reelected in 2008 and 2014
- since 2020: Heiko Bäuerlein
Connected to Volkach
- Friedrich Funk (1900-1963), politician (CSU), farmer and member of the Bundestag 1949–1963, lived until his death in the village
Sights
- Western town wall remains.
- South-western town wall remains.
- Volkach town hall
- Volkach Town Centre
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External links
References
- "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.
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