Volkach

Geschichte

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.HistoryThe town was founded in 906 AD.Arts and cultureVolkach's main tourist attraction is its annual wine festival.AttractionsLocated 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.Sons and daughters of the placeAugust von Rothmund (1831-1906), ophthalmologist and professorLeo Kirch (1926-2011), media entrepreneur who was later to lead one of the largest German media groups, the Kirch GroupMarlies Dumbsky (born 1985), German Wine QueenMayors1945–1948: Josef Michael Erb1948–1970: Georg Berz 1970–1990: Friedrich Ruß1990–2002: Karl Andreas Schliersince 2002: Peter Kornell, reelected in 2008 and 2014Connected to VolkachFriedrich Funk (1900-1963), politician (CSU), farmer and member of the Bundestag 1949-1963, lived until his death in the villageSights