Type: | Stadt |
Image Coa: | DEU Lauda-Königshofen COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 49.5686°N 9.7039°W |
Image Plan: | Lauda-Königshofen im Main-Tauber-Kreis.svg |
State: | Baden-Württemberg |
Region: | Stuttgart |
District: | Main-Tauber-Kreis |
Elevation: | 192 |
Area: | 94.47 |
Postal Code: | 97922 |
Area Code: | 09343 |
Licence: | TBB |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 08 1 28 139 |
Divisions: | 12 Stadtteile/Stadtbezirke |
Mayor: | Lukas Braun[1] |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 28 |
Party: | FDP |
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.
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 |
Among the business entities located in Lauda are two world-famous manufacturers of laboratory equipment: