Sulzbach is bordered by (from the north, clockwise): Aschaffenburg, Bessenbach, Hohe Wart (gemeindefreies Gebiet), Leidersbach, Kleinwallstadt, Großwallstadt and Niedernberg.

A circular rampart (Altenburg) on the Schlossberg (hill) between Sulzbach-Soden and Ebersbach (part of neighbouring Leidersbach) was in use in the late Hallstatt period (see Attractions).

During Roman times, the Main and the Limes Germanicus formed Germania's border with the then Roman-occupied Odenwald area across the river.

As in all other areas in the Spessart, farmland was splintered by Mainz inheritance law in the 18th and 19th centuries pulling Sulzbach, too, into an economic downswing with its attendant consequences for living conditions.

Since 1996 the business has belonged to the Coca-Cola Group and is still in operation today in Sulzbach's outlying centre of Soden.

The firm Möbel Kempf made the leap in Sulzbach from a small business to a nationally known furniture shop.

The Altenburg (sometimes also Sodenburg) is an oval hilltop fortress on the Schlossberg, right at the municipal border between Sulzbach and Leidersbach.

The first period was during the Neolithic Michelsberg culture, as evidenced by findings of ceramic fragments and stone artefacts.

However, this area was especially affected by locals using the Altenburg as a source of construction material and today no trace of the building remains.

Additional damage to the structures resulted from post-World War II use as a training ground for US Armed Forces stationed nearby.

[7] Sulzbach retains some parts of its original medieval fortifications, including a gate with two round towers.

Representing the market municipality in the women's First Handball Bundesliga are the Rhein-Main Bienen (“Bees”, formerly known as HSG Sulzbach/Leidersbach).

Another nationally known club is RV Adler Soden, who in their history have already produced German, European and world champions from amongst the men (Korn/Fries; Jurisch/Dreher) and the women (Claudia Dreher).

In the election of 2 March 2008 the Freie Wähler – "Free Voters" – saw a three-seat increase in their number of seats on the council.

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Gules two salthooks in saltire between a wheel spoked of six in dexter and a fleur-de-lis in sinister argent, in chief an inescutcheon of the second with three chevronels of the field.

The heraldic lily goes back to the arms borne by the local Mainz noble family, the Lords of Sulzbach.