Main-Spessart

Main-Spessart is a Landkreis (district) in the northwest of Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Lower Franconia and derives its name from the river Main and the wooded hills of the Spessart.

Key facts

German district.name: Main-Spessart
German district.state: Bavaria
German district.image_flag: Flagge Main-Spessart.svg
German district.image_coa: DEU Landkreis Main-Spessart COA.svg
German district.capital: Karlstadt am Main
German district.regierungsbezirk: Lower Franconia
German district.area: 1322
German district.Kreisschlüssel: 09677
German district.district_admin: Sabine Sitter
German district.admin_party: CSU
German district.carsign: MSP
German district.url: http://www.main-spessart.de

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Main-Spessart is a Landkreis (district) in the northwest of Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Lower Franconia and derives its name from the river Main and the wooded hills of the Spessart.

==Geography== The district is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Bad Kissingen, Schweinfurt and Würzburg, the state of Baden-Württemberg (district of Main-Tauber), the districts of Miltenberg and Aschaffenburg, and the state of Hesse (district of Main-Kinzig).