Partenstein

Partenstein
Municipality
Partenstein as seen from Burg Bartenstein
Coat of arms
Location of Partenstein within Main-Spessart district
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Coordinates: 50°3′N 9°31′E / 50.050°N 9.517°E / 50.050; 9.517
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Main-Spessart
Municipal assoc.	Partenstein
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Stephan Amend[1] (FW)
Area
• Total	10.47 km2 (4.04 sq mi)
Elevation	194 m (636 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,766
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	97846
Dialling codes	09355
Vehicle registration	MSP
Website	partenstein.de

Partenstein is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Partenstein. Partenstein is on Bundesstraße 276.

Partenstein is in the Main Spessart Region in the middle of the Spessart (range) on the left edge of the river Lohr, some 7 km northwest of the town of Lohr am Main.

The community has the following Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Partenstein, Partensteiner Forst.

• Dommerich, Urkundliche Geschichte der allmählichen Vergrößerung der Grafschaft Hanau von der Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts bis zum Aussterben des Hauses 1736 (in German), in: Mitteilungen der Hanauer Bezirksverwaltung 1/2 (1860), pp. 114f, 128, 195.
• Engelhard, Regenerus, Erdbeschreibung der Hessischen Lande Casselischen Antheiles mit Anmerkungen aus der Geschichte und aus Urkunden erläutert (in German), Part 2, Cassel 1778, ND 2004, p. 791
• Haase, Franziska, Ulrich I., Herr von Hanau 1281-1306 (in German), masch. Diss. Münster 1924, p. 11, 19.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Partenstein.

• Community’s official webpage (in German)
• Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Partenstein (in German)
• Partenstein Historical Workshop (in German)