Volkach

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Volkach ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (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 Template:Interlanguage link multi 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