Gnodstadt is a part of the town of Marktbreit in the Kitzingen district (Lower Franconia, Bavaria) at the southernmost point of the Main Triangle and at the same time the Main, although Gnodstadt is two kilometers away from the Main. Gnodstadt is one of two districts of the city of Marktbreit and has around 750 inhabitants.
The town was first mentioned in documents in 1130. A knightly family with the name von Gnodstadt is also documented around this time. Between 1448 and 1806 Gnodstadt was one of the so-called Six Main Villages that belonged to the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
Near the village, but still within the town limits, is an obelisk erected in 1773. This is also known as the toll pyramid. In December 2010 it was knocked over by a truck driver - who paradoxically wanted to save on motorway tolls - which meant that Gnodstadt also made national headlines.
Numerous historic house facades in the town are built from Gnodstadt sandstone, which is still quarried on the outskirts of the town.
With the municipal reform that came into force on May 1, 1978, the village was incorporated into the town of Marktbreit, about 4 km away, and thus moved from the old district of Ochsenfurt, which, with the sole exception of Gnodstadt, was added to the Würzburg district, to the Kitzingen district . The incorporation was preceded by major protests by the population.