Volkach - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

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

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.

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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