Lauda-Königshofen

Lauda-Königshofen
Coat of arms
Lauda-Königshofen
Location of Lauda-Königshofen within Main-Tauber-Kreis district
Coordinates: 49°34′07″N 09°42′14″E / 49.56861°N 9.70389°E / 49.56861; 9.70389Coordinates: 49°34′07″N 09°42′14″E / 49.56861°N 9.70389°E / 49.56861; 9.70389
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Main-Tauber-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Maertens (CDU)
Area
• Total	94.47 km2 (36.48 sq mi)
Elevation	192 m (630 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	14,573
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	97922
Dialling codes	09343
Vehicle registration	TBB (Main-Tauber-Kreis)
Website	www.lauda-koenigshofen.de

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

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

Twin towns

• Boissy-Saint-Léger (France)
• Paks (Hungary)
• Rátka (Hungary)

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 the 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)