all Roman ambitions east of the Rhine, and the base was never used. Later history Gnodstadt was first mentioned in a document in 1124. Marktbreit was first mentioned as "broite inferior" in a document of the Count of Castell in 1258. From 1351 Gnodstadt was ruled by Hohenlohe-Brauneck. In 1557, King Ferdinand granted Marktbreit the right to hold markets, thus the name "Markt"breit that has since been used. In the 17th and 18th century Marktbreit was an important marketplace because the shortest way to the Danube from the Main (which flows into the Rhine) starts in Marktbreit. In 1806, Marktbreit came to the Kingdom of Bavaria. Gnodstadt became a part of Marktbreit on 1 May 1978. Government The town is a member of and the seat of the municipal association . The town's mayor is Harald Kopp (SPD), elected in March 2020. Attractions See also List of Marktbreit monuments (German) Town hall, built after 1579 in Renaissance style , castle built after 1581 , Protestant church, originally from the 14th century , Catholic church, 19th century , Gothic chapel that today serves as a memorial to the fallen soldiers from Kitzingen district , historic crane on the Main river built in 1750 Historic town wall with towers and one extant gate (Maintor) Historic half-timbered and Baroque buildings Museum Malerwinkelhaus Alois-Alzheimer-Gedenk- und Tagungsstätte, memorial to Alois Alzheimer with exhibition , obelisk , memorial to the Jewish soldiers from Marktbreit killed in World War I and to the 90 members of the Marktbreit synagogue murdered in the Holocaust Infrastructure Transport The Bundesautobahn 7 passes through the municipal territory, as does . Marktbreit has a station on the railway line Treuchtlingen–Würzburg. In the summer, it is also a stop for tourist ships travelling on the Main. Education Marktbreit has three kindergartens, a Grundschule, Mittelschule, Realschule and a Gymnasium. Notable people Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), neurologist and psychiatrist Rudolf Buttmann (1885–1947), jurist, librarian, NSDAP politician Ludwig Friedrich Barthel (1898–1962), Germanist, archivist, poet, narrator and essayist References External links Kitzingen (district) Holocaust locations in Germany Populated places on the Main basin Populated riverside places in Germany