Beckstein

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Beckstein (disambiguation) .

Beckstein City of Lauda-Königshofen
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)

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

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Beckstein

Parish Church of St. Kilian

In the center of the village is the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Kilian.

→ Main article : St. Kilian (Beckstein)

Hiking trails

A wayside shrine on the Jakobsweg Main-Taubertal near Beckstein

The approximately 180 km long Jakobsweg Main-Taubertal leads through Beckstein.

traffic

→ Main article : List of street names in Lauda-Königshofen

Personalities

→ Main article : List of personalities from the city of Lauda-Königshofen

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

Commons : Beckstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 
2. ↑ 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. 
3. ^ 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 .
4. ↑ Jakobsweg Main-Taubertal (pilgrimage route) - wanderkompass.de. In: wanderkompass.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .