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.

Districts

The 12 districts with number of population (as in 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 Martin Schleyer, born July 18, 1831, inventor of the constructed language Volapük.
• Karl Weid, born 1921, the mayor from 1970s onward who brought many developments to the city.
• Martin Lanig, born 1986, who plays in the Fußball-Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt.
• Heinrich Ehrler, born 1917, Luftwaffe Fighter ace & Knights cross holder.

Notable enterprises

Among the business entities located in Lauda are the two world famous manufacturers of laboratory equipment:

• File:Bicycle Rider - a Monument to Lauda, manufacturer of thermostats.JPG

  A figure of bicycle rider made of the parts of thermostats - stainless steel bath, tubes, electronic controller, etc., and a bicycle frame.
  Lauda, a manufacturer of thermostats.
• File:Herzog company in Lauda, Germany - main entrance.jpg

  Main entrance to Walter Herzog GmbH., Badstraße 3, 97922 Lauda-Königshofen
  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

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)