Volkach





Place in Bavaria, Germany







































































Volkach
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Coat of arms of Volkach
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Location of Volkach







Volkach is located in Germany

Volkach

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Volkach is located in Bavaria

Volkach

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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
(2017-12-31)[1]

 • Total 8,811
 • 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

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.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Arts and culture


  • 3 Attractions


  • 4 Sons and daughters of the place


  • 5 Mayors


  • 6 Connected to Volkach


  • 7 Sights


  • 8 External links


  • 9 References





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 [de] 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




External links


  • Volkach website


References





  1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). September 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

















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