Rechtenbach

Rechtenbach
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Rechtenbach within Main-Spessart district
Rechtenbach Rechtenbach
Coordinates: 49°59′N 9°30′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Main-Spessart
Municipal assoc.	Lohr am Main
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Christian Lang
Area
• Total	2.09 km2 (0.81 sq mi)
Highest elevation	530 m (1,740 ft)
Lowest elevation	338 m (1,109 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	1,071
• Density	510/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

Location

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

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

The municipal territory touches only on the community of Lohr. It also borders on two unincorporated areas, Partensteiner Forst and Forst Lohrerstraße.

Other websites

• Official website (in German)