Glattbach

For the river in Bavaria, Germany, see Glattbach (river).

Glattbach is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. It has around 3,300 inhabitants (2020).

Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Glattbach within Aschaffenburg district
Coordinates: 50°00′20″N 09°08′50″E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Aschaffenburg
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Kurt Baier
Area
• Total	3.54 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Elevation	182 m (597 ft)
Population  (2016-12-31)
• Total	3,289
• Density	929.1/km2 (2,406/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	63864
Vehicle registration	AB
Website	www.glattbach.de

Location

Constituent communities

The community is in a valley north of Aschaffenburg on the western edge of the Spessart (range).

Community council

The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the full-time mayor.

	CSU	SPD	Pro Glattbach	Total
2008	8	2	7	17 seats

(as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008)

Town twinning

• Bretteville-sur-Odon, Calvados, France
• Glattbach, constituent community of Lindenfels in the Odenwald
• Glattbach, constituent community of Dermbach in Thuringia

Transport

• Bus route 9 to Aschaffenburg
• Autobahn A 3, between Frankfurt (roughly 45 km away) and Würzburg (roughly 75 km away).

Notable people

• Johann Desch, said to be one of the cofounders of industrial clothing production in Germany
• Alois Bergmann-Franken (b. 1897 as Alois Bergmann in Glattbach; d. 1965 in Glattbach) was a German painter active throughout the Aschaffenburg district.

Other websites

• Community’s official webpage (in German)