Bürgstadt is a market community in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Erftal. Bürgstadt is a winegrowing community in the wine region of Franken. It has a population of around 4,300.GeographyLocationBürgstadt lies at the mouth of the river Erf where it empties into the Main and is seamlessly built together with the district seat of Miltenberg lying to the southwest. It lies at the northeast edge of the Odenwald on the boundary with Baden-Württemberg.HistoryThe Roman castrum Miltenberg-Ost was partly located within Bürgstadt's municipal area.In early historical times, the Bürgstadter Berg (hill) was the site of a fortified settlement protected by a circular rampart.There likely was a royal estate here as early as the 7th century.In 1181, Bürgstadt had its first documentary mention. Bürgstadt passed into Electoral Mainz's hands quite early on, presumably by the 8th century, and remained a Mainz holding until the Old Empire came to an end in 1803.