Steinfeld, Bavaria

Steinfeld
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Steinfeld within Main-Spessart district
Steinfeld Steinfeld
Coordinates: 49°57′5″N 9°40′16″E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Main-Spessart
Municipal assoc.	Lohr am Main
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Günter Koser
Area
• Total	33.69 km2 (13.01 sq mi)
Elevation	277 m (909 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,132
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	97854
Dialling codes	09359
Vehicle registration	MSP
Website	www.steinfeld-msp.de

Steinfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtaɪnˌfɛlt]) is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Lohr am Main.

Spoken here is an East Franconian dialect (according to the Language Atlas of the Bavarian Library, Lower East Franconian). The residents are often called Steeflder Russe in the local area.

Geography

Location

Steinfeld is between Lohr am Main and Karlstadt on the Fränkische Platte (a flat, mostly agricultural region), in the zone where the geology changes from bunter- to Muschelkalk-based.

The greater part of the municipal area is even today used for agriculture. Furthermore, the community also manages considerable woodlands, being in the outermost foothills of the Spessart, which borders on the west. Most workers commute to jobs in nearby towns such as Lohr, Karlstadt and Würzburg.

Constituent communities

Steinfeld's outlying Ortsteile are Hausen and Waldzell.

The community has the following Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Hausen, Steinfeld, Waldzell.

Other websites

• Community’s official webpage (in German)
• Recorded sample of Steinfeld dialect (interactive map of the Bavarian Library)Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine (in German)