 The village's location in a secluded dale meant that there was never any through traffic.Nevertheless, in no way was Glattbach spared the hardship and war that time and again beset the Lower Main area.This may well have had something to do with the village's lying right near the town of Aschaffenburg, or perhaps it was the "Gelnhäuser Straße", an old army and trade road running by Glattbach to the west, which led up to the "Johannesberger Höhe" (heights).