Stadtprozelten is a town and municipality in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (municipal association) of Stadtprozelten. A traditional, mainly Catholic town, it is known to its inhabitants as Stadtprozle. Geography Location Stadtprozelten lies on the southern edge of the Spessart (range) and on the right bank of the Main in the middle of the south side of the Mainviereck (“Main Square”), 8 km northwest of Wertheim am Main. Stadtprozelten lies directly opposite :de:Mondfeld, which is on the left bank of the Main. They are linked by a ferry. Subdivisions The Stadtteil of Neuenbuch lies 2 km north of the town centre. Neighbouring communities Stadtprozelten is bordered by (from the north, clockwise): Altenbuch, Faulbach, Wertheim (Baden-Württemberg), Dorfprozelten and Eschau. History In 1287, Stadtprozelten had its first documentary mention. The former Electoral Mainz Amt passed in 1803 to Prince Primate von Dalberg’s newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 (by this time it had become a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt) to the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current municipality came into being with the Gemeindeedikt (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818. 650 years of holding town rights were celebrated in 2005. The first documentary mention, however, is not yet fully established beyond doubt. Government Town council The council is made up of 12 council members, not counting the mayor, with seats apportioned thus: Elections in 2014: CSU: 7 seats SPD: 3 seats FWG: 1 seat independent: 1 seat Mayor Rainer Kroth (CSU) was elected mayor in March 2020. He succeeded Claudia Kappes (born 1953, CSU) who was the mayor since 2002, she was re-elected in 2008 and 2014. Coat of arms The town’s arms might be described thus: Argent a castle with a gate tower gules and roofs azure, above the gateway the letter B Or, in chief dexter the sun in his glory, and in chief sinister the moon in her increment of the last. The oldest known town seals come down from the 16th century. The building in the arms might be the old castle held here by the Teutonic Knights. The sun and moon are presumably old town symbols. The letter B comes from another coat of arms dating from 1600 seen on a pane of glass from the town hall. It stands