Lohr am Main

Lohr am Main (officially: Lohr a. Main) is a town in Main-Spessart in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and the seat (but not a member) of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (municipal association) of Lohr am Main. It has a population of about 15,000.

Lohr a. Main
Town
Lohr (left) and Sendelbach (right), viewed from the Lohrer Alm
Coat of arms
Location of Lohr a. Main within Main-Spessart district
Lohr a. Main Lohr a. Main
Coordinates: 50°0′N 09°35′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Main-Spessart
Subdivisions	10 Stadtteile
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Mario Paul (Ind.)
Area
• Total	90.44 km2 (34.92 sq mi)
Highest elevation	350 m (1,150 ft)
Lowest elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	15,168
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	97816
Dialling codes	09352
Vehicle registration	MSP
Website	www.lohr.de

The town's parish church, St. Michael

Etymology

The town takes its name from the famous river that flows into the Main in the municipality. The addition "am Main" distinguishes it from other towns also named Lohr.

Past ways of spelling the name include:

1296 Lare 1331 Lore 1342 Lor 1526 Lohr

1573 Loarn 1747 Lahr 1831 Lohr 1946 Lohr am Main

Geography

Location

The municipal territory extends on both sides of the Main about halfway between Würzburg and Aschaffenburg in Lower Franconia. The town of Lohr is on the eastern slope of the Spessart at a bend in the river Main, which twirls towards the south here, forming the beginning of the Mainviereck ("Main Square" – the southern part of the Spessart). In Lohr, the river Lohr releases into the Main. Perhaps for its geographical location or the fact that two major valleys lead into the inside of the range, the town is known as the "Gateway to the Spessart" (Tor zum Spessart).

The Main river valley is steep with an elevation change from 160 m above sea level at Gemünden dropping to 100 m above sea level at Hanau. The river Main in its natural state is a fast-moving stream unsuitable for shipping.

Subdivisions

Lohr am Main's Stadtteile are Halsbach, Lindig, Pflochsbach, Rodenbach, Ruppertshütten, Sackenbach, Sendelbach, Steinbach and Wombach.

The town has the following Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Halsbach, Lohr a. Main, Pflochsbach, Rodenbach, Ruppertshütten, Sackenbach, Sendelbach, Steinbach, Wombach.

Also, the town of Lohr am Main also owns plots of land within other municipalities, namely Partenstein, Gemünden am Main and Rechtenbach.

Neighbouring communities

Clockwise from the north, these are Partenstein, Frammersbach, Flörsbachtal, Fellen, Burgsinn, Rieneck, Neuendorf, Gemünden am Main, Karlstadt, Steinfeld, Neustadt am Main and Rechtenbach.

Further reading

• Christ, Günter: Lohr am Main. Der ehemalige Landkreis. Hrsg. von der Kommission für Bayerische Landesgeschichte bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Laßleben, Kallmünz 2007, ISBN 978-3-7696-6854-4
• Loibl, Werner: Die kurmainzische Spiegelmanufaktur Lohr am Main (1698–1806) und die Nachfolgebetriebe im Spessart, 3 Volumes. Geschichts- und Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg 2012. ISBN 978-3-87965-116-0, ISBN 978-3-87965-117-7, ISBN 978-3-87965-118-4
• Ruf, Alfons, Die Pfarrkirche St. Michael in Lohr und ihre Baugeschichte. Lohr a. Main, 1983.
• Ruf, Theodor, Quellen und Erläuterungen zur Geschichte der Lohr am Main bis zum Jahre 1559, Lohr a. Main, 2011. ISBN 978-3-00-035963-7
• Ruf, Theodor: Die Grafen von Rieneck. Genealogie und Territorienbildung. Würzburg 1984 (town history)

Other websites

• Lohr. In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 4. Auflage. Band 10, Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig/Wien 1885–1892, S. 875.
• Town’s official webpage (in German)
• Lohr am Main at the Open Directory Project
• Handball in Lohr (in German)