Volkach

Volkach
Coat of arms
Volkach
Location of Volkach within Kitzingen district
Coordinates: 49°52′N 10°13′E / 49.867°N 10.217°E / 49.867; 10.217Coordinates: 49°52′N 10°13′E / 49.867°N 10.217°E / 49.867; 10.217
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Kitzingen
Municipal assoc.	Volkach
Government
• Mayor	Peter Kornell (FWG)
Area
• Total	60.19 km2 (23.24 sq mi)
Elevation	203 m (666 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,721
• Density	140/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	97332
Dialling codes	09381
Vehicle registration	KT
Website	www.volkach.de

Volkach is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 8,700.

History

The town was founded in 906 AD.

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

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
• since 2002: Peter Kornell, reelected in 2008 and 2014

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

External links

• Volkach website

References

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