Volkach

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Volkach
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Lower Franconia
District	Kitzingen
Municipal assoc.	Volkach
Mayor	Peter Kornell (FWG)
Basic statistics
Area	60.19 km² (23.2 sq mi)
Elevation	203 m (666 ft)
Population	9,390 (31/12/2006)
- Density	156 /km² (404 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KT
Postal code	97332
Area code	09381
Website	www.volkach.de Coordinates: 49°52′00″N 10°13′00″E / 49.866667, 10.216667

Volkach is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken in Bavaria. The town was founded in 906 A.D. and celebrated its 1100th anniversary in 2006.

Volkach's main tourist attraction is its annual wine festival. Volkach's wine festival ("weinfest" in German) is the culminating festival for the entire Franken wine region - this means that all of the smaller towns hold their festivals first and select their wine princesses. At the Volkach wine festival a wine princess is selected to represent the entire Franken region - her picture even appears on the wine bottles for that year. The festival will be held this year from August 14-19, 2008 and is marking its 60th anniversary.

[edit] External links

Volkach website

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Kitzingen

Abtswind \| Albertshofen \| Biebelried \| Buchbrunn \| Castell \| Dettelbach \| Geiselwind \| Großlangheim \| Iphofen \| Kitzingen \| Kleinlangheim \| Mainbernheim \| Mainstockheim \| Markt Einersheim \| Marktbreit \| Marktsteft \| Martinsheim \| Nordheim am Main \| Obernbreit \| Prichsenstadt \| Rödelsee \| Rüdenhausen \| Schwarzach am Main \| Segnitz \| Seinsheim \| Sommerach \| Sulzfeld am Main \| Volkach \| Wiesenbronn \| Wiesentheid \| Willanzheim