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 / 50.100; 9.633
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Main-Spessart
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Sven Nickel[1]
Area
• Total	26.20 km2 (10.12 sq mi)
Elevation	182 m (597 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• 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.

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.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 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.