What is Rothenfels?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo=Rothenfels, MSP v NO.jpg |image_caption=Rothenfels from the northeast across the Main, Rothenfels Castle in the background |image_coa = DEU Rothenfels COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|49|53|N|9|35|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Rothenfels in MSP.svg |state = Bayern |region = Unterfranken |district = Main-Spessart |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Marktheidenfeld |elevation = 154 |area = 12.07 |postal_code = 97851 |area_code = 09393 |licence = MSP |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 6 77 181 |website = [http://www.rothenfels.de/ www.rothenfels.de] |mayor = Michael Gram<ref>[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 }} '''Rothenfels''' is a town 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 Marktheidenfeld. With a population of just around 1,000 it is said to be Bavaria’s smallest town. == Geography == === Location === Rothenfels is on the [[Main (river)|Main]]’s right edge between [[Lohr am Main|Lohr]] and [[Marktheidenfeld]], 5&nbsp;km north of [[Marktheidenfeld]], and 33&nbsp;km east of [[Aschaffenburg]]. Squeezed as it is between the river and a bluff, the town consists of little more than a main street. Since 2006, the ''Maindamm'', previously part of the railway line {{Interlanguage link multi|Bahnstrecke Lohr–Wertheim|de|3=Bahnstrecke Lohr–Wertheim|lt=Lohr-Wertheim}} has been used as a town bypass. ===Neighbouring communities=== From the north, clockwise: [[Neustadt am Main]], [[Marktheidenfeld]], [[Hafenlohr]], {{Interlanguage link mu