Alzenau

Alzenau
Town hall
Coat of arms
Alzenau
Location of Alzenau within Aschaffenburg district
Coordinates: 50°04′N 09°04′E / 50.067°N 9.067°E / 50.067; 9.067Coordinates: 50°04′N 09°04′E / 50.067°N 9.067°E / 50.067; 9.067
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Lower Franconia
District	Aschaffenburg
Government
• Mayor	Alexander Legler (CSU)
Area
• Total	59.33 km2 (22.91 sq mi)
Elevation	126 m (413 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	18,839
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	63755
Dialling codes	06023
Vehicle registration	AB, ALZ
Website	www.alzenau.de

Alzenau (  ) (until 31 December 2006 officially Alzenau i.UFr.) is a town in the north of the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. Until 1 July 1972, Alzenau was the district seat of the now abolished district of the same name. Alzenau has a population of around 19,000.

Alzenau is one of the eastern outliers of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region and is crossed by the river Kahl. Most of its constituent communities nestle on or between the slopes of the western outliers of the Spessart with its Hahnenkamm (436 m above Normalhöhennull). The closest hills to the town are Heilberg and Schanzenkopf.

With roughly 2,600 ha of woodland and 85 ha of vineyards, it has been referred to as Stadt im Grünen ("Town in the Green"). Alzenau is only a short drive on the A 45 or trainride on the Kahlgrundbahn from Aschaffenburg, Hanau or Frankfurt am Main.

Alzenau borders in the north on the communities of Rodenbach and Freigericht, in the east and southeast on the communities of Mömbris and Johannesberg, in the southwest on the community of Karlstein and in the west on the community of Kahl am Main.