Lauda-Königshofen
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Lauda-Königshofen (Script error: No such module "IPA".) 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 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
- Boissy-Saint-Léger (France)
- Paks (Hungary)
- Rátka (Hungary)
Sports
- FV Lauda, soccer
- Lauda Hornets, American football
Notable natives
- Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen, (1575–1622), Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and of Würzburg
- 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 military aviator and wing commander
- Peter Frank (born 1968), jurist, currently serves as a judge in the Federal Constitutional Court
Sport
- Hans-Jürgen Hehn, (born 1944), fencer, team world champion and silver medallist, 1976 Summer Olympics
- Manuela Ruben, (born 1964), figure skater, silver medallist, 1984 European Figure Skating Championships
- Thorsten Weidner, (born 1967), fencer, silver and gold medallist, 1988 & 1992 Summer Olympics
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, annual heavy metal festival
- Königshöfer Messe, annual fair
References
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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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