Lauda-Königshofen
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Location of Lauda-Königshofen within Main-Tauber-Kreis district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 49°34′07″N 09°42′14″E / 49.56861°N 9.70389°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Stuttgart |
District | Main-Tauber-Kreis |
Subdivisions | 12 Stadtteile/Stadtbezirke |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–28) | Lukas Braun[1] (FDP) |
Area | |
• Total | 94.47 km2 (36.48 sq mi) |
Elevation | 192 m (630 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 14,578 |
• 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 |
Website | www |
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.
Districts
[edit]The 12 districts with population (as of 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
[edit]- Boissy-Saint-Léger (France)
- Paks (Hungary)
- Rátka (Hungary)
Sports
[edit]- FV Lauda, soccer
- Lauda Hornets, American football
Notable natives
[edit]- 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
[edit]Among the business entities located in Lauda are 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
[edit]- Keep It True, annual heavy metal festival
- Königshöfer Messe, annual fair
References
[edit]- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
External links
[edit]- 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)