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