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 is in the Würzburg Region in the Spessart (range) west of Lohr am Main. The village is 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 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.
Neighbouring communities.
The municipal territory touches only on the community of Lohr. It also borders on two unincorporated areas, and .