What is Rechtenbach?
{{Infobox German location |image_coa = DEU Rechtenbach COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|49|59|N|9|30|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Rechtenbach in MSP.svg |state = Bayern |region = Unterfranken |district = Main-Spessart |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Lohr am Main |elevation = 338-530 |area = 2.09 |postal_code = 97848 |area_code = 09352 |licence = MSP |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 6 77 172 |website = [https://www.rechtenbach-spessart.de/ www.rechtenbach-spessart.de] |mayor = Christian Lang<ref name=mayor>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020&ndash;26 |party = }} '''Rechtenbach''' is a community in the [[Main-Spessart|Main-Spessart district]] in the ''[[Regierungsbezirk]]'' of [[Lower Franconia]] (''Unterfranken'') in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]] and a member of the ''[[Municipal association|Verwaltungsgemeinschaft]]'' (municipal association) of Lohr am Main. It has a population of around 1,000. == Geography == === Location === Rechtenbach is in the Würzburg Region in the [[Spessart]] (range) west of [[Lohr am Main]]. The village is in the valley of the {{Interlanguage link multi|Rechtenbach (Main)|de|3=Rechtenbach (Main)|lt=Rechtenbach}}, a tributary of the [[Main (river)|Main]]. It is surrounded by forest. ===Subdivision=== The community has two ''Gemarkungen'' (traditional rural cadastral area): Rechtenbach and (since January 2014) Rothenberg. The latter was an [[unincorporated area]] until 2013. Until the merger with Rothenberg, the municipal territory was not continuous as it included the village and the separate ''Weickertshöhe'' or ''Weickertswiese'', a meadow is on a nearby hill at an altitude of around 500 m. In between the two used to be forest that was part of Rothenberg. ===Neighbo