Volkach
Town in Bavaria, Germany
Coat of arms
Location of Volkach within Kitzingen district
(2020–26) Heiko Bäuerlein[1] (CSU)
(2023-12-31)[2]
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Volkach is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the 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 Maria im Weingarten [de] 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
- August von Rothmund (1831–1906), ophthalmologist and professor
- Leo Kirch (1926–2011), media entrepreneur who led the Kirch Group
- Marlies Dumbsky (born 1985), German Wine Queen
- Friedrich Funk (1900–1963), politician (CSU), farmer, and member of the Bundestag 1949–1963 who lived in the town until his death
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
Sights
- Western town wall remains
- South-western town wall remains
- Volkach town hall
- Volkach town centre
External links
- Volkach website
References
- ^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
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Towns and municipalities in Kitzingen (district)
- 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
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