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Volkach is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) in Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the river Main and has a population of around 8,700.

Located outside the town but inside the municipal territory is the late-Gothic pilgrimage church Maria im Weingarten [de] with a Madonna by Tilman Riemenschneider. It was stolen in 1962 but later recovered.

Volkach has hosted an annual wine festival since 1949.

• 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

• 1945–1948: Josef Michael Erb
• 1948–1970: Georg Berz
• 1970–1990: Friedrich Ruß
• 1990–2002: Karl Andreas Schlier
• 2002–2020: Peter Kornell, reelected in 2008 and 2014
• since 2020: Heiko Bäuerlein

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  Western town wall remains
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  South-western town wall remains
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  Volkach town hall
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  Volkach town centre

• Volkach website