Bad Königshofen Explained

Type:Stadt
Image Coa:DEU Bad Königshofen COA.svg
Coordinates:50.3°N 35°W
Image Plan:Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld in NES.svg
State:Bayern
Region:Unterfranken
District:Rhön-Grabfeld
Elevation:276
Area:69.52
Postal Code:97631
Area Code:09761
Licence:NES, KÖN, MET
Gemeindeschlüssel:09 6 73 141
Mayor:Thomas Helbling[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 26
Party:CSU

Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld is a small spa town in the German state of Bavaria, located in the Rhön-Grabfeld district in northeast Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. According to the Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data, Bad Königshofen had a population of 5,995 in 2017.[2] The Franconian Saale flows through the town.

Geography

There are 17 town districts:[3]

  • Althausen
  • Aub
  • Aumühle
  • Bad Königshofen i.Grabfeld
  • Eyershausen
  • Gabolshausen
  • Göckesmühle
  • Haumühle
  • Ipthausen
  • Lustmühle
  • Merkershausen
  • Riedmühle
  • Sambachshof
  • Spitalmühle
  • Untereßfeld
  • Veitsmühle
  • Zänkersmühle (untere Mühle)
It is only 7km (04miles) from the state of Thuringia.[4]

The city is twinned with Arlington, Texas, USA. Bad Königshofen has a downtown recreational park named "Arlington" in honor of the city of Arlington. In 2006, the City of Arlington opened a water park named "Bad Königshofen Family Aquatic Center" in honor of the city of Bad Königshofen.[5]

History

First mention of the town was in 741, although it had been settled way before then.[6] Graves marked from as early as the 6th century have been found. There are Christian and pagan burials in this Festung Road cemetery. Artifacts found in the graves included a longsword and pottery. An even older cemetery found on Bamberger Road shows evidence of settlement in the 4th century.[7]

During the Middle Ages, the town was ruled by tribal duchies as the Duchy of Franconia. The town was granted a city charter in 1235. Königshofen was owned by the House of Henneberg in 1200. In 1353, the heiress Elisabeth of Henneberg married Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg and he sold the town in 1354 to the bishops of Würzburg. They subsequently expanded the town into a fortress. The House of Henneberg acquired the castle in 1400 and in 1412 they bought the entire town back from the Würzburg monastery.[8] Later, the town became home to an episcopal bailiff. In 1603, there was a Leper colony called the Siechhaus in the town.[9]

Government

The elections in March 2014 showed the following results:[10]

Notable people

Associated people

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden
  2. Web site: Bad Königshofen im Grabfield: A selection of statistical data . Bavarian State Office for Statistics . Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data . 8 November 2020 . Bavaria, Germany . 6 . German . March 2019 .
  3. Web site: Bad Königshofen i.Grabfeld bavarikon.
  4. Web site: Google Maps Directions to the border of Bavaria and Thuringia . Google Maps . 8 November 2020.
  5. Web site: About The Bad Königshofen Water Park in Arlington TX . city of Arlington . 2008-01-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613061441/http://arlingtontx.gov/parks/simple/aquatics_bk.html . 2011-06-13 .
  6. https://stadtarchiv.heilbronn.de/stadtgeschichte/geschichte-a-z/e/ersterwaehnung.html Text and translation of the document of Emperor Ludwig the Pious from 822
  7. Mainpost: BAD KÖNIGSHOFEN Gräber sind rund 1400 Jahre alt aktualisiert: 4. November 2011
  8. Web site: Die Grafen von Henneberg, S.106 . 2020-11-08 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200835/http://resikom.adw-goettingen.gwdg.de/Artikel/PDF/A_Henneberg.pdf . dead .
  9. Web site: Medieval leprosoria in today's Bavaria . Wayback Machine . City of Münster . https://web.archive.org/web/20150206175517/http://www.muenster.org/lepramuseum/tab-bay.htm . 8 November 2020. 2015-02-06 .
  10. http://service.rhoen-grabfeld.de/kommunal14/stadtkoen/673141_000006/ Ergebnis Stadtratswahl 2014