Sulzbach am Main
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Aerial picture of Sulzbach
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Location of Sulzbach a.Main within Miltenberg district
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| Coordinates: 49°54′28″N 09°09′24″E / 49.90778°N 9.15667°ECoordinates: 49°54′28″N 09°09′24″E / 49.90778°N 9.15667°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Bavaria | |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken | |
| District | Miltenberg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Peter Maurer (FWG) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 20.10 km2 (7.76 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 123 m (404 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 7,125 | |
| • Density | 350/km2 (920/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 63834 | |
| Dialling codes | 06028 | |
| Vehicle registration | MIL | |
| Website | www.sulzbach-main.de | |
Sulzbach am Main (officially Sulzbach a.Main) is a market municipality in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany.
Sulzbach lies on the rivers Main and Sulzbach, roughly 7 km south of Aschaffenburg on the western edge of the Spessart (range). The hill Pfaffenberg with its radio transmitter is partially located within the municipal territory.
Sulzbach's Ortsteile are Sulzbach, Soden (formerly also called Bad Sodenthal) and Dornau.
Sulzbach is bordered by (from the north, clockwise): Aschaffenburg, Bessenbach, Hohe Wart (gemeindefreies Gebiet), Leidersbach, Kleinwallstadt, Großwallstadt and Niedernberg.
Findings from the Neolithic show that the Sulzbach valley was settled as early as 3500 BC. A circular rampart (Altenburg) on the Schlossberg (hill) between Sulzbach-Soden and Ebersbach (part of neighbouring Leidersbach) was in use in the late Hallstatt period (see Attractions).
During Roman times, the Main and the Limes Germanicus formed Germania's border with the then Roman-occupied Odenwald area across the river. In the centuries that followed, several tribes lived in the Sulzbach valley: the Chatti, the Alamanni, the Burgundians and the Franks. It was likely in Charles Martel's time (714–741) that the municipality of Ruchelnheim, which lay within what are now Sulzbach's municipal borders and which was abandoned in the Thirty Years' War, was founded. As far back as Carolingian times, settlements on the streams Sulzbach and Leidersbach, like Sulzbach, Ebersbach, Leidersbach and Roßbach came into being. It is also likely that Soden's founding occurred in late Carolingian times.
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