Partenstein

municipality of Germany

Partenstein is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Partenstein. Partenstein is on Bundesstraße 276.

Partenstein
Partenstein as seen from Burg Bartenstein
Partenstein as seen from Burg Bartenstein
Coat of arms of Partenstein
Location of Partenstein within Main-Spessart district
Partenstein is located in Germany
Partenstein
Partenstein
Partenstein is located in Bavaria
Partenstein
Partenstein
Coordinates: 50°3′N 9°31′E / 50.050°N 9.517°E / 50.050; 9.517
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionUnterfranken
DistrictMain-Spessart
Municipal assoc.Partenstein
Government
 • Mayor (2020–26) Stephan Amend[1] (FW)
Area
 • Total10.47 km2 (4.04 sq mi)
Elevation
194 m (636 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,766
 • Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
97846
Dialling codes09355
Vehicle registrationMSP
Websitepartenstein.de

Geography

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Location

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Partenstein is in the Main Spessart Region in the middle of the Spessart (range) on the left edge of the river Lohr, some 7 km northwest of the town of Lohr am Main.

The community has the following Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Partenstein, Partensteiner Forst.

Further reading

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  • Dommerich, Urkundliche Geschichte der allmählichen Vergrößerung der Grafschaft Hanau von der Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts bis zum Aussterben des Hauses 1736 (in German), in: Mitteilungen der Hanauer Bezirksverwaltung 1/2 (1860), pp. 114f, 128, 195.
  • Engelhard, Regenerus, Erdbeschreibung der Hessischen Lande Casselischen Antheiles mit Anmerkungen aus der Geschichte und aus Urkunden erläutert (in German), Part 2, Cassel 1778, ND 2004, p. 791
  • Haase, Franziska, Ulrich I., Herr von Hanau 1281-1306 (in German), masch. Diss. Münster 1924, p. 11, 19.

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