Main-Spessart – DE26A

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Demographics

From Wikipedia: Main-Spessart is a Landkreis (district) in the northwest of Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Lower Franconia and derives its name from the river Main and the wooded hills of the Spessart.

Geography

The district is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Bad Kissingen, Schweinfurt and Würzburg, the state of Baden-Württemberg (district of Main-Tauber), the districts of Miltenberg and Aschaffenburg, and the state of Hesse (district of Main-Kinzig).

The river Main forms a large horse-shoe bend in the district, entering in the southeast near Thüngersheim and leaving to the southwest near Hasloch. In the north it is joined by the Franconian Saale river at Gemünden. The Spessart hills cover most of the area of the district west and north of the Main. To the northeast, the district borders on the Rhön hills.

History

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Gemünden, Karlstadt, Lohr and Marktheidenfeld. Although Lohr is the largest town, the seat of the administration is located in Karlstadt.

Economy

In 2015 (latest data available) the GDP per inhabitant was €32,436.

Other: Lower Franconia, Würzburg, Bad Kissingen district, Rhön-Grabfeld, Haßberge, Kitzingen, Miltenberg, Schweinfurt, Würzburg, Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg district, Schweinfurt, Main-Spessart

Neighbours: Bad Kissingen district, Schweinfurt, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Miltenberg, Aschaffenburg district, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Würzburg

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Main-Spessart – DE26A, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDE26A, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164