Rieneck

Rieneck
Rieneck
Town
	View of Rieneck with church, castle and bridge over the Sinn river
	Coat of arms
	Location of Rieneck within Main-Spessart district
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	Coordinates: 50°6′N 9°38′E / 50.100°N 9.633°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Main-Spessart
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Sven Nickel
Area
• Total	26.20 km2 (10.12 sq mi)
Elevation	182 m (597 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,932
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	97794
Dialling codes	09354
Vehicle registration	MSP
Website	www.rieneck.de

Rieneck (German: [ˈʁiːnɛk] (listen)) is a town in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany.

Geography

Rieneck is in the Würzburg region between the southern foothills of the Rhön (range) and the east side of the Spessart (range) on the lower reaches of the River Sinn, 12 km northeast of Lohr am Main, and 39 km northwest of Würzburg. Administratively, it belongs to the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia.

There are 140 ha of cropfields, meadows and woodland around the village.

The town has only the Gemarkung (traditional rural cadastral area) of Rieneck.

Rieneck tourism site
Rieneck Castle
Rieneck. In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 4. Auflage. Band 13, Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig/Wien 1885–1892, S. 823.