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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Unterfranken

Municipal assoc.
  
Volkach

Area
  
60.19 km²

Population
  
9,226 (31 Dec 2008)

State
  
Bavaria

District
  
Kitzingen

Elevation
  
203 m (666 ft)

Postal code
  
97332

Local time
  
Tuesday 11:29 PM

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind NE at 6 km/h, 80% Humidity

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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.

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Map of Volkach, Germany

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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

    • History

    The town was founded in 906 AD.

    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 (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

    • Connected to Volkach

  • Friedrich Funk (1900-1963), politician (CSU), farmer and member of the Bundestag 1949-1963, lived until his death in the village

    • References

    Volkach Wikipedia
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