Lauda-Königshofen is a town in the

Main-Tauber Main-Tauber-Kreis is a Districts of Germany, ''Landkreis'' (district) in the northeast of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from northwest clockwise) Miltenberg (district), Miltenberg, Main-Spessart, Würzburg (district), Wü ...

district in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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. It is situated on the river

Tauber The Tauber () is a river in Franconia (Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria), Germany. It is a left tributary of the Main and is in length. The name derives from the Celtic word for water (compare: Dover). It flows through Rothenburg ob der Tauber, C ...

, 7 km southeast of

Tauberbischofsheim Tauberbischofsheim is a German town in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg on the river Tauber with a population of about 13,200. It is the capital of the Main-Tauber district. It is a popular tourist destination due to its numerous historical b ...

, and 30 km southwest of

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg is ...

. 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 Lauda station is a junction station in the town of Lauda-Königshofen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, where the northern section of the Tauber Valley Railway branches from the Franconia Railway. Lauda station is classified by Deutsche ...

is at a junction of the

Franconia Railway The Franconia Railway (german: Frankenbahn) is a railway line in the north of the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the Bavarian province of Lower Franconia that links Stuttgart and Würzburg. Its name comes from the fact that the majority ...

and the

Tauber Valley Railway The Tauber Valley Railway (German: ''Taubertalbahn'') is a single-tracked, unelectrified, standard gauge railway between Wertheim am Main, Wertheim and Crailsheim in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It runs alongside the Taube ...

Districts

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

Twin towns

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(France) *

Paks Paks is a small town in Tolna county, in the south of Hungary, on the right bank of the Danube River, 100 km south of Budapest. Paks as a former agricultural settlement is now the home of the only Hungarian nuclear power plant, which provi ...

(Hungary) *

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(Hungary)

Sports

* FV Lauda, soccer * Lauda Hornets, American football

Notable natives

Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen (1575–1622) was the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1609 to 1622 and Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1617 to 1622. Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen was born in Oberlauda, today a district of Lauda-Königshofen, on ...

, (1575–1622), Bishop of diocese

and Archbishopric of

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (10 January 1760 – 27 January 1802) was a German composer and conductor. Zumsteeg championed the operas of Mozart in Stuttgart, staging the first performances there of '' Die Zauberflöte,'' ''Don Giovanni,'' and '' ...

, (1760–1802), composer * Johann Martin Schleyer, (1831–1912), developer of

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Volapük Volapük (; , "Language of the World", or lit. "World Speak") is a constructed language created between 1879 and 1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Catholic priest in Baden, Germany, who believed that God had told him in a dream to create an i ...

Albert Hehn Albert Hehn (17 December 1908 – 29 July 1983) was a German actor. Hehn appeared in a large number of films between 1938 and 1970. One of his most notable roles was in the 1941 war film ''Stukas''.Welch p.279 He was married to the actress Jeanet ...

(1908–1983), actor *

Heinrich Ehrler Heinrich Ehrler (14 September 1917 – 4 April 1945) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and wing commander during World War II. As a fighter ace, he is credited with 208 enemy aircraft shot down in over 400 combat missions. The majority o ...

, (1917–1945), Luftwaffe fighter * Karl Weid, (born 1921), the mayor from 1970s onwards *

Jürgen Hehn Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder * Jürgen Alzen (born 1 ...

, (born 1944), fencer, team world champion with his sword in 1973 *

Manuela Ruben Manuela Ruben (born 14 January 1964) is a former figure skater who competed in ladies' singles for West Germany. She is the 1984 European silver medalist and three-time West German national champion (1982–84). She placed seventh at the 1984 ...

, (born 1964), figure skater, Vice European Champion 1984 *

Thorsten Weidner Thorsten Weidner (born 29 December 1967) is a German fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics and a gold in the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Biography Thorsten Weidner attended the Kaufmännis ...

, (born 1967), fencer, Olympic team champion with the foil 1992 *

Martin Lanig Martin Lanig (born 11 July 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Career Youth squads Lanig began playing for SV Königshofen. Later he played for TSV Tauberbischofsheim and 1. FC Nürnberg. FV L ...

, (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

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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