Volkach

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 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

External links

• Volkach website