Lauda-Königshofen () is a town in the

Main-Tauber Main-Tauber-Kreis is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the northeast of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from northwest clockwise) Miltenberg, Main-Spessart, Würzburg, Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim and Ansbach (all in Bavaria ...

district in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...

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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). Course It flows through Rothenburg ob der ...

, 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), Main-Tauber district. It is a popular tourist destination due t ...

, and 30 km southwest of

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the Franconia#Towns and cities, third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It sp ...

. 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 () 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 of the line runs th ...

and the

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

Districts

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

Twin towns

Boissy-Saint-Léger Boissy-Saint-Léger () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Population Transport Boissy-Saint-Léger is served by Boissy-Saint-Léger station on Pa ...

(France) *

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(Hungary) * Rátka (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), Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and of

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

, (1760–1802), composer *

Johann Martin Schleyer Johann Martin Schleyer (; 18 July 183116 August 1912) was a German Priesthood in the Catholic Church, Catholic priest who invented the constructed language Volapük. His official name was "Martin Schleyer"; he added the name "Johann" (in honor o ...

, (1831–1912), developer of

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

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 Jeane ...

(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 of ...

, (1917–1945), Luftwaffe military aviator and wing commander * Peter Frank (born 1968), jurist, currently serves as a judge in the Federal Constitutional Court

Sport

Hans-Jürgen Hehn Hans-Jürgen Hehn (born 1 October 1944) is a retired German épée fencer. He won silver medals in the individual and team events at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad ...

, (born 1944), fencer, team world champion and silver medallist,

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

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, silver medallist,

1984 European Figure Skating Championships The 1984 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Budapest, Hungary from January 11 to 15, 1984. Elite skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men's singles, lad ...

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 The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the ...

, (born 1967), fencer, silver and gold medallist,

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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.
Becksteiner Winzer
a wine cooperative that grows, produces and sells wines made from the region's grapes.

Events

Keep It True A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word ''keep'', but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residen ...

, 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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