Lauda-Königshofen
Lauda-Königshofen is a town in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Tauber, 7 km southeast of Tauberbischofsheim, and 30 km southwest of Würzburg. Most of the roughly 300 houses in the traditional village of Königshofen date to between the 16th century and mid-19th century, and it is known for the 500+ year-old Königshöfer Messe, an annual festival that attracts 150,000 people over the 10-day festival. Lauda station is at a junction of the Franconia Railway and the Tauber Valley Railway.
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Location of Lauda-Königshofen within Main-Tauber-Kreis district  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°34′07″N 09°42′14″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Main-Tauber-Kreis |
| Subdivisions | 12 Stadtteile/Stadtbezirke |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Thomas Maertens (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 94.47 km2 (36.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 192 m (630 ft) |
| Population (2019-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 14,493 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 97922 |
| Dialling codes | 09343 |
| Vehicle registration | TBB (Main-Tauber-Kreis) |
| Website | www.lauda-koenigshofen.de |
Districts
The 12 districts with number of population (as in 2001):Area in km² (as in 2006)
| Lauda | 5.745 | 12.55 |
| Königshofen | 2.815 | 13.81 |
| Gerlachsheim | 1.888 | 8.75 |
| Unterbalbach | 1.634 | 5.18 |
| Oberlauda | 742 | 6.96 |
| Oberbalbach | 698 | 7.99 |
| Heckfeld | 470 | 14.68 |
| Beckstein | 372 | 2.88 |
| Sachsenflur | 351 | 5.98 |
| Messelhausen | 336 | 8.16 |
| Marbach | 262 | 1.31 |
| Deubach | 118 | 6.22 |
Twin towns
- Boissy-Saint-Léger (France)
- Paks (Hungary)
- Rátka (Hungary)
Sports
- FV Lauda, soccer
- Lauda Hornets, American football
Notable natives
- Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen, (1575-1622), Bishop of diocese Würzburg and Archbishopric of Bamberg
- Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, (1760-1802), composer
- Johann Martin Schleyer, (1831-1912), developer of artificial language Volapük
- Albert Hehn (1908-1983), actor
- Heinrich Ehrler, (1917-1945), Luftwaffe fighter
- Karl Weid, (born 1921), the mayor from 1970s onwards
- Jürgen Hehn, (born 1944), fencer, team world champion with his sword in 1973
- Manuela Ruben, (born 1964), figure skater, Vice European Champion 1984
- Thorsten Weidner, (born 1967), fencer, Olympic team champion with the foil 1992
- Martin Lanig, (born 1986), football player
Notable enterprises
Among the business entities located in Lauda are the two world famous manufacturers of laboratory equipment:
- Lauda, a manufacturer of thermostats.
- Herzog, a manufacturer of crude oil and fuel testing equipment. The founder of the company, Walter Herzog, has moved to Lauda after World War II, and pioneered a few important innovations in the testing of oil and fuels, like first automatic flash point tester, first automatic distillation apparatus, and others.
Events
- Keep It True, annual heavy metal festival
- Königshöfer Messe, annual fair
References
- "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). September 2020.
External links
- Stefan Heidrich's page about Lauda-Königshofen (German)
- Oliver Pinkos's page about the district Beckstein (German)
- Ralf Liebenstein's page about the district Messelhausen (German)
- Sascha Renk's page about the district Oberlauda (German)
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