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.

Lauda-Königshofen
Coat of arms of Lauda-Königshofen
Location of Lauda-Königshofen within Main-Tauber-Kreis district
Lauda-Königshofen   is located in Germany
Lauda-Königshofen
Lauda-Königshofen
Lauda-Königshofen   is located in Baden-Württemberg
Lauda-Königshofen
Lauda-Königshofen
Coordinates: 49°34′07″N 09°42′14″E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictMain-Tauber-Kreis
Subdivisions12 Stadtteile/Stadtbezirke
Government
  Mayor (202028) Lukas Braun[1] (FDP)
Area
  Total94.47 km2 (36.48 sq mi)
Elevation
192 m (630 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
  Total14,578
  Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
97922
Dialling codes09343
Vehicle registrationTBB
Websitewww.lauda-koenigshofen.de

Districts

The 12 districts with population (as of 2001): Area in km2 (as in 2006)

Lauda5.74512.55
Königshofen2.81513.81
Gerlachsheim1.8888.75
Unterbalbach1.6345.18
Oberlauda7426.96
Oberbalbach6987.99
Heckfeld47014.68
Beckstein3722.88
Sachsenflur3515.98
Messelhausen3368.16
Marbach2621.31
Deubach1186.22

Twin towns

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 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

  1. Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
  2. "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.


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