Rechtenbach
Rechtenbach | |
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Coordinates: 49°59′N 9°30′E / 49.983°N 9.500°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Bavaria |
Admin. region | Unterfranken |
District | Main-Spessart |
Municipal assoc. | Lohr am Main |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–26) | Christian Lang[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2.09 km2 (0.81 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 338 m (1,109 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,024 |
• Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 97848 |
Dialling codes | 09352 |
Vehicle registration | MSP |
Website | www.rechtenbach-spessart.de |
Rechtenbach is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (municipal association) of Lohr am Main. It has a population of around 1,000.
Geography
[change | change source]Location
[change | change source]Rechtenbach is in the Würzburg Region in the Spessart (range) west of Lohr am Main. The village is in the valley of the Rechtenbach , a tributary of the Main. It is surrounded by forest.
Subdivision
[change | change source]The community has two Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral area): Rechtenbach and (since January 2014) Rothenberg. The latter was an unincorporated area until 2013.
Until the merger with Rothenberg, the municipal territory was not continuous as it included the village and the separate Weickertshöhe or Weickertswiese, a meadow is on a nearby hill at an altitude of around 500 m. In between the two used to be forest that was part of Rothenberg.
Neighbouring communities
[change | change source]The municipal territory touches only on the community of Lohr. It also borders on two unincorporated areas, Partensteiner Forst and Forst Lohrerstraße .
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ↑ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) .
Other websites
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- Official website
(in German)