Beckstein
Beckstein
City of Lauda-Königshofen
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Coordinates: 49 ° 32 ′ 48 ″ N , 9 ° 42 ′ 5 ″ E | |
Area : | 2.88 km² |
Residents : | 344 (Feb. 2014) |
Population density : | 119 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 |
Incorporated into: | Lauda |
Postal code : | 97922 |
Area code : | 09343 |
Beckstein in autumn (2013)
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Beckstein is a district of Lauda-Königshofen in the Main-Tauber district , the northernmost district of Baden-Württemberg .
geography
Beckstein occupies an area of 2.88 square kilometers and has 344 inhabitants.
history
Beckstein belonged to the Lauda office . This had a number of changing rulers until 1506 and was then part of the diocese of Würzburg until its secularization in 1803. It came first to the principality of Leiningen . After the principality was dissolved in 1806 by the Rhine Federation Act , it was then added to the Grand Duchy of Baden . A Lauda district office was set up there, but it was dissolved again in 1813.
In the course of the regional reform in Baden-Württemberg , Beckstein was finally added to the city of Lauda-Königshofen.
The largest employer in the community is the Becksteiner winemakers' cooperative founded in 1894 .
On January 1, 1974 Beckstein was incorporated into the city of Lauda and came with this on January 1, 1975 to Lauda-Königshofen.
Culture and sights
Parish Church of St. Kilian
In the center of the village is the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Kilian.
Hiking trails
The approximately 180 km long Jakobsweg Main-Taubertal leads through Beckstein.
traffic
Personalities
literature
- Otto Appel: The political activity of Ulrich III. Lord of Hanau 1346–1370. A contribution to the history of the Lords and Counts of Hanau = HGBll 5 (1922), p. 13.
- Dommerich: Documented history of the gradual expansion of the County of Hanau from the middle of the 13th century until the house died out in 1736 . In: Communications from the Hanau District Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies 1/2 (1860), p. 122.
- Karl Schreck: Lauda - the fate of a former Franconian city . Lauda 1973.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Structural data of the city of Lauda-Königshofen ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Structural data of the city of Lauda-Königshofen ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 469 f .
- ↑ Jakobsweg Main-Taubertal (pilgrimage route) - wanderkompass.de. In: wanderkompass.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .