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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
Location of Lauda-Königshofen within Main-Tauber-Kreis district
AhornAssamstadtBad MergentheimBoxbergCreglingenFreudenbergGroßrinderfeldGrünsfeldIgersheimIgersheimKönigheimKülsheimLauda-KönigshofenNiederstettenTauberbischofsheimWeikersheimWerbachWertheim am MainWittighausen
Lauda-Königshofen
Lauda-Königshofen
Coordinates: 49°34′07″N 09°42′14″E / 49.56861°N 9.70389°E / 49.56861; 9.70389
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictMain-Tauber-Kreis
Subdivisions12 Stadtteile/Stadtbezirke
Government
 • Mayor (2020–28) 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 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

Sports edit

  • FV Lauda, soccer
  • Lauda Hornets, American football

Notable natives edit

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

  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.

External links edit

  • Stefan Heidrich's page about Lauda-Königshofen (German)
  • Oliver Pinkos's page about the district Beckstein (German)
  • Sascha Renk's page about the district Oberlauda (German)


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