Volkach Explained

Type:Town
Image Coa:DEU Volkach COA.svg
Coordinates:49.8667°N 23°W
Image Plan:Volkach in KT.svg
State:Bayern
Region:Unterfranken
District:Kitzingen
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft:Volkach
Elevation:203
Area:60.19
Postal Code:97332
Area Code:09381
Licence:KT
Gemeindeschlüssel:09 6 75 174
Mayor:Heiko Bäuerlein[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 26
Party:CSU

Volkach is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the German: [[Regierungsbezirk]] [[Unterfranken]] (Lower Franconia) in Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the river Main and has a population of around 8,700.

History

Located outside the town but inside the municipal territory is the late-Gothic pilgrimage church with a Madonna by Tilman Riemenschneider. It was stolen in 1962 but later recovered.

Arts and culture

Volkach has hosted an annual wine festival since 1949.

Notable residents

Mayors

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden