Lauda-Königshofen

Lauda-Königshofen (German pronunciation: [ˈlaʊda ˌkøːnɪçsˈhoːfn̩] ^ⓘ) 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
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Lauda-Königshofen within Main-Tauber-Kreis district
Location of Lauda-Königshofen
Lauda-Königshofen Lauda-Königshofen
Coordinates: 49°34′07″N 09°42′14″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Main-Tauber-Kreis
Subdivisions	12 Stadtteile/Stadtbezirke
Government
• Mayor (2020–28)	Lukas Braun (FDP)
Area
• Total	94.44 km2 (36.46 sq mi)
Elevation	192 m (630 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	14,180
• Density	150.1/km2 (388.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	97922
Dialling codes	09343
Vehicle registration	TBB
Website	www.lauda-koenigshofen.de

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 Rudolf Zumsteeg, 1799

• 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

• Königshöfer Messe, annual fair

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)