Rechtenbach
Rechtenbach is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the "Regierungsbezirk" of Lower Franconia ("Unterfranken") in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft" (municipal association) of Lohr am Main. It has a population of around 1,000. Geography. Location. Rechtenbach lies in der Würzburg Region in the Spessart (range) west of Lohr am Main. The village is located in the valley of the , a tributary of the 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 located on a nearby hill at an altitude of around 500 m. In between the two used to be forest that was part of Rothenberg. Neighbouring communities. The municipal territory touches only on the community of Lohr. It also borders on two unincorporated areas, and . History. On 18 August 1522, Rechtenbach had its first documentary mention in a document from Count Philipp of Rieneck. It was an early modern industrial centre where plate glass was made for  the mirrors of the Lohr State Manufacturer until 1791. As part of the Archbishopric of Mainz, Rechtenbach passed with the 1803 "Reichsdeputationshauptschluss" to the newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 (by this time it had become a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt) to the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the "Gemeindeedikt" ("Municipal Edict") of 1818. Demographics. Within town limits, 1,158 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 1,107 in 1987, 1,096 in 2000 and in 2004 1,059. Economy. Municipal taxes in 1999  amounted to €459,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €30,000. According to official statistics, there were 30 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and transport this was 0. In other areas, 22 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 477 such workers worked from home. There were 14 processing businesses. Two businesses were construction-related, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 7 agricultural operations with a working area of 55 ha, of which 55 ha was meadowland. Governance. The mayor is Christian Lang ("Bürgerliste