Lauda-Koenigshofen

This article deals with the wine town of Lauda-Königshofen; For the landscape protection area of ​​the same name, see Lauda-Königshofen (landscape protection area) .

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '  N , 9 ° 43'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Main-Tauber district
Height :	198 m above sea level NHN
Area :	94.47 km 2
Residents:	14,542 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	154 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97922
Primaries :	09343, 09346
License plate :	TBB, MGH
Community key :	08 1 28 139
City structure:	12 districts / boroughs
City administration address :	Marktplatz 1 97922 Lauda-Königshofen
Website :	www.lauda-koenigshofen.de
Mayor :	Lukas Braun (FDP)
Location of the city of Lauda-Königshofen in the Main-Tauber district

Old town of Lauda

The wine town of Lauda-Königshofen is located in the Main-Tauber district , the northernmost district of Baden-Württemberg between the district town of Tauberbischofsheim and the large district town of Bad Mergentheim in the region known today as Tauberfranken .

geography

Geographical location

The community is located on the Romantic Road in the heart of the "Lovely Taubertal " at 189 to 320 meters above sea level and is part of the Franconian region .

City structure

It consists of the following formerly independent cities and communities (population figures in brackets, as of February 2014; area; location) with their respective localities:

 Map with all coordinates of the places in the city of Lauda-Königshofen: OSM

• Beckstein (344; 2.88 km²; ⊙ )
• Deubach (96; 6.22 km²; ⊙ ) with the Sailtheim farm ( ⊙ ). Unlike the rest of the Baden districts, Deubach belonged to the Württemberg district of Mergentheim before the regional reform.
• Gerlachsheim (1,711; 8.75 km²; ⊙ ) with the residential area Elf Morgen ( ⊙ ) as well as the lost village of Lützellauda
• Heckfeld (435; 14.68 km²; ⊙ ) with the abandoned villages Baldertshausen, Ehrbrunn, Hattendorf, Karlsdorf and possibly Tenbach
• Königshofen (city; 2,569; 13.81 km²; ⊙ ) with the residential areas Am Breitenstein ( ⊙ ), Bachmühle ( ⊙ ), Königshofen train station ( ⊙ ), Becksteiner Weg ( ⊙ ), Neumühle electrical works, Ochsenmühle ( ⊙ ), Roter Rain ( ⊙ ), Roter Weg ( ⊙ ), Stadtmühle ( ⊙ ), Umpferstraße ( ⊙ ) and Walterstal ( ⊙ )
• Lauda (city; 5,677; 12.55 km²; ⊙ ) with the residential areas Im Weißen Bild ( ⊙ ) and Taubermühle ( ⊙ )
• Marbach (288; 0.13 km²; ⊙ )
• Messelhausen (332; 8.16 km²; ⊙ ) with the hamlets of Hofstetten ( ⊙ ) and Hof Marstadt ( ⊙ )
• Oberbalbach (648; 7.99 km²; ⊙ ) with the Georgsmühle residential area ( ⊙ ) and possibly with the abandoned villages of Hagenfeld, Rödelsee and Taxenfeld
• Oberlauda (653; 6.96 km²; ⊙ )
• Sachsenflur (319; 5.98 km²; ⊙ ) with the residential area Breite Mühle (formerly only Mühle) ( ⊙ )
• Unterbalbach (1,557; 5.17 km²; ⊙ ) with the residential areas Mühle ( ⊙ ) and railway station Unterbalbach ( ⊙ ) that have been absorbed in Unterbalbach

Protected areas

There is one landscape and five nature reserves in the municipality :

• Landscape protection area Lauda-Königshofen : 3,181.0 ha; Lauda-Königshofen district; since 2005.
• Edelberg nature reserve : 4.2 ha; City of Lauda-Königshofen, Sachsenflur district
• Hohenberg nature reserve : 23.5 ha; City of Lauda-Königshofen, Sachsenflur district
• Kaltenberg nature reserve : 13.0 ha; City of Lauda-Königshofen, Königshofen district
• Mehlberg nature reserve : 4.7 ha; City of Lauda-Königshofen, Königshofen district
• Ringelstaler-Weinhalde nature reserve : 90 ha; City of Bad Mergentheim, district Edelfingen and city of Lauda-Königshofen, district Unterbalbach

The FFH areas of Northeastern Tauberland , Northwestern Tauberland and Brehmbach and Westlicher Taubergrund are partly within the Lauda-Königshofen district. There are also 59 objects protected as natural monuments.

→ Main article : List of natural monuments in Lauda-Königshofen

The water protection area Tauberaue, Lauda-Königshofen with the WSG no. 128215 covers a protected area of ​​5,424.44 hectares. This makes it one of the largest water protection areas in the Main-Tauber district .

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014

history

Grünbachbrücke with Heilig Kreuz parish church in Gerlachsheim

20th and 21st centuries

On January 1, 1975, the city of Lauda merged with the city of Königshofen and the community of Unterbalbach as part of the regional reform in Baden-Württemberg to form the city of Lauda-Königshofen. The communities of Marbach and Oberbalbach were added. On January 1, 1974, the communities Beckstein, Gerlachsheim and Heckfeld were merged with the city of Lauda to form a new city of Lauda. Deubach ( Mergentheim district ), Messelhausen and Sachsenflur came to Königshofen and Oberlauda to Lauda as early as January 1, 1972 .

The thirty-year history of the Lauda-Königshofen air force base since October 1963 ended in March 2004 with the abandonment of the 19.8 hectare Tauberfranken barracks on the outskirts of Lauda. The closure of the site by the former 1,000 soldiers and civilian workers was associated with significant losses in economic and purchasing power. The formerly stationed units included two departments of the telecommunications regiment 32, later the radar guidance department 23.

Population development

The total population of the city of Lauda-Königshofen developed as follows:

year	population
1961	12,629
1970	14,628
1991	14,841
1995	15,335
2005	15,278
2010	14,624
2015	14,573

Sources: Directory of municipalities and information from the State Statistical Office

dialect

The Lauda and Königshöfer dialect, which is only spoken in a very small area, belongs to the deaf-green dialect. This is attributed to the East Franconian language area .

religion

Christianity

Most of the residents are Roman Catholic (68.9%), 17.9% are Protestants . The city's Catholic churches belong to the Lauda-Königshofen pastoral care unit in the Tauberbischofsheim deanery of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

In 1984 the Protestant parish was divided and Königshofen became independent together with Grünsfeld and some other smaller towns. The Protestant community of Lauda today includes Lauda, ​​Gerlachsheim, Oberlauda and Heckfeld with approx. 1800 members.

Islam

The Lauda Mosque has been an Islamic prayer house in the city since 1987 .

politics

Municipal council

The parish council typically has 26 honorary members who are elected for five years. The municipal councils use the designation city council. The number of members can increase through compensatory seats (total 2019: 29 seats; 2014: 29). In addition, the mayor acts as the municipal council chairman with voting rights.

The Unechte Teilorteschahl guarantees the districts a fixed number of seats: from Lauda there are at least eight, from Königshofen at least four, from Gerlachsheim at least three, from Oberlauda and Unterbalbach at least two councils each, from Beckstein, Deubach, Heckfeld, Marbach, Messelhausen, Oberbalbach and Sachsenflur there is a local council.

The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in brackets: difference to 2014):

Municipal Council 2019
Party / list	Share of votes	Seats
Free Citizens List (FBL)	40.80% (+9.6)	12 (+3)
CDU	40.23% (−7.7)	12 (−2)
SPD / Free Citizens (FB)	18.97% (−1.9)	5 (−1)
Turnout: 61.4% (+9.5)

mayor

On March 29, 2020, Lukas Braun (FDP) was elected mayor in the second ballot and signed and sworn in on May 3, 2020.

See also: List of mayors of the city of Lauda-Königshofen

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "In blue under a golden crown a sloping golden tournament pole, on the left side a notched flag, made of silver and red (" Würzburger Fähnlein ") flutters."

Coats of arms of the former municipalities

Beckstein	Deubach	Gerlachsheim	Heckfeld	Koenigshofen	Lauda	Marbach	Messelhausen	Oberbalbach	Oberlauda	Sachsenflur	Unterbalbach

Town twinning

The city of Lauda-Königshofen maintains partnerships with the following European cities:

•  France : Boissy-Saint-Léger (Northern France)
•  Hungary : Paks (Central Hungary)
•  Hungary : Rátka (Northern Hungary)

Culture and sights

tourism

Gerlachsheim, Lauda and Königshofen are on the Taubertal cycle path, a cycle path in Tauberfranken. The approximately 180 km long Jakobsweg Main-Taubertal leads through Gerlachsheim, Lauda, ​​Beckstein, Königshofen and Sachsenflur. The 130 km Taubertal panorama trail also runs through the city.

The intersection of the west and east ring of the Main-Tauber-Franconian wheel eight is Lauda-Königshofen.

Baroque Church of the Holy Cross in Gerlachsheim

Cultural association

The event rooms of Kulturschock e.V. are located in the old schoolhouse in the Königshofen district. V. The aim of the association with jetwa 80 members, which emerged from the Königshofen youth house initiative, is to promote art and culture that is not everyday in rural areas. The program includes cabaret, theater, cabaret, readings and music with regional and international music groups.

Museums

There is a local history museum in the city of Lauda and in the Heckfeld district.

Buildings

• Catholic town church St. Jakobus in Lauda from the 14th century with rich baroque furnishings. From 1400 until the Reformation, it was one of the three own parishes of the University of Heidelberg , which had been withdrawn from the responsible diocesan bishops and were directly subordinate to the Pope. The first papal administrator of these parishes was the canon and Neustadt collegiate dean Heilmann von Wattenheim († 1411), who rose to the rank of papal archdeacon . The university patronage over the three churches remained until the introduction of the Reformation.
• The Chapel of the Holy Sepulcher , also known as the Blood Chapel , was built in the 13th century.
• Baroque church Heilig Kreuz in Gerlachsheim, built as a monastery church of the former Premonstratensian priory in Gerlachsheim
• Baroque bridge over the Grünbach with statues of four bridge saints

Swimming pools

Lauda outdoor terrace pool Lauda indoor pool

Terrace outdoor pool

There is a heated outdoor terrace in Lauda. The swimming pool is 50 meters long. There is a 5-meter tower in the jumping area. The non-swimmer pool is equipped with a water slide. There is also a large lawn for sunbathing, a playground, a beach volleyball field and a table tennis area. A kiosk provides catering.

Indoor swimming pool with sauna

In the Lauda indoor pool with barrier-free access there is a swimmer's pool with a length of 25 meters and a diving platform with a 1 m diving board and 3 m diving platform. A neck shower and massage jets ensure well-being. There is a separate non-swimmer area in the pool for children. In the sauna area there are u. a. a “Finnish sauna” and a “Kneipp corner”.

Sports

FV Lauda , founded in 1913, played from 1997 to 2006 in the Baden-Württemberg Football League , where he achieved his best position as runner-up in 2000.

The gymnastics and sports club (ETSV) Lauda, ​​which is open to all railway workers, combines handball, volleyball, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, table tennis and karate under one organizational roof. The very large table tennis department of ETSV Lauda has been providing several of the strongest teams in the region in the various categories since 1954. She had her most successful period from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s when she played with the first team in the national league. She provided several male and female Baden national champions for both youth and adults.

The Lauda Hornets American football club has existed since 1991 , and the Lauda Carnival Dance Sports Club was founded in 2002 .

Regular events

• On the second weekend in June, the Lauda Wine Festival is celebrated in the old town of Lauda, ​​which is supported by many regional associations.
• The steam locomotive festival takes place in Lauda at the beginning of August. It is organized by the Lauda Association of Steam Locomotive Friends. The proceeds of this festival with entertainment and music will be used to maintain the steam locomotive 052 908-1, which is erected there as a memorial.
• From the third weekend in September the ten-day Königshöfer fair takes place around the Tauberfrankenhalle , the largest Tauberfränk and North Baden folk festival with an amusement park, sales fair and a trade exhibition. In addition, since 1991 several running competitions (half marathon, 10 km run, 10.2 km team run, 5 km hobby run, 10 km walker and 2.5 km run for schoolchildren) have been held under the name of the fair run ) carried out.
• Once a year the heavy metal festival Keep It True takes place in the Tauberfrankenhalle in Königshofen.

Economy and Infrastructure

Lauda is a traditional wine-growing town in the Baden wine-growing region .

Water supply

The Taubertal waterworks, built in Dittigheim from 2015 to 2017, supplies around 40,000 people from three cities and three municipalities, as well as industry and commerce in the central Taubertal, with drinking water . The operator is the Central Tauber Water Supply Association , which includes the towns of Lauda-Königshofen, Tauberbischofsheim and Grünsfeld as well as the municipalities of Großrinderfeld , Werbach and Wittighausen .

traffic

railroad

Lauda station, reception building from 1871–73 (May 2007)

At Lauda station , the Lauda – Wertheim line branches off from the Frankenbahn , and at Königshofen station, the Crailsheim – Königshofen line joins it. The third access point in the city is the Gerlachsheim stop on the Frankenbahn. The Sachsenflur stops on the Frankenbahn and Unterbalbach on the Crailsheim – Königshofen railway, however, were closed.

Lauda used to have an important railway depot , which, as a guarantee of employment, contributed significantly to the population growth. A class 50 steam locomotive erected as a monument near the secondary school commemorates this time.

Road traffic

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

In the Königshofen district, the federal road 290 ( Tauberbischofsheim - Westhausen ) and the federal road 292 (to Bad Schönborn ) meet. The connection point to the Autobahn 81 towards Würzburg / Heilbronn is only a few minutes away from Lauda via the B 290 .

Established businesses

The company Lauda Dr. R. Wobser GmbH & Co. KG is a temperature control and measuring technology company based in Lauda. The company StieberDruck GmbH is a national printing company and is also based in Lauda.

education

With the Martin-Schleyer -Gymnasium, the Josef-Schmitt- Realschule Lauda-Königshofen, the elementary and secondary school with Werkrealschule Lauda (since 2014 community school ), the Turmbergschule in Königshofen (since 2010 elementary school ) and two other elementary schools in Gerlachsheim and Unterbalbach all types of secondary schools are represented in Lauda-Königshofen. In addition, there are other educational institutions with the Florian-Geyer- Fördererschule, the school in Taubertal for the mentally handicapped, the rural home folk high school in Lauda, ​​the vocational training center of the DGB and the school for music and dance in the Middle Taubertal.

→ Main article : List of educational institutions in the Main-Tauber district

military

The remote technical train 247 belonging to operational area 2 operates one of six air defense radar systems of the type GM 406F installed in Germany in the Gustav LV system .

Personalities

See: List of personalities in the city of Lauda-Königshofen

Web links

Commons : Lauda-Königshofen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Lauda-Königshofen  - travel guide

• Website of the city of Lauda-Königshofen
• LEO-BW, discover regional studies online , Lauda-Königshofen
• Private website about the Oberbalbach district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b Mayoral} election 2020 | City of Lauda-Königshofen. In: lauda-koenigshofen.de. Retrieved April 28, 2020 . 
3. ^ Main-Tauber-Kreis: Main-Tauber-Kreis: Cities and municipalities. Online at www.main-tauber-kreis.de, accessed on October 25, 2014
4. ↑ Population figures according to structural data - Lauda-Königshofen in figures ( Memento from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on July 20, 2020)
5. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Administrative region of Stuttgart, regional associations of Franconia and East Wuerttemberg . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 . Pp. 328-336
6. ↑ German Photo Library. In: deutschefotothek.de. Retrieved August 7, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Reinhard Wolf , Ulrike Kreh (ed.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007.
8. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Lauda-Königshofen
9. ^ 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 .
10. ^ 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. 480 .
11. ^ Bundeswehr location database. Retrieved May 25, 2017 . 
12. ^ 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 .
13. ↑ Mimar Sinan Camii Lauda: About Us . Online at www.msclauda.wordpress.com. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
14. ↑ Lauda-Königshofen: Main Statute, §3 ; accessed July 4, 2019.
15. ↑ Lauda-Königshofen: Main Statute, §12 ; accessed July 4, 2019.
16. ^ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg: Municipal elections 2019, City of Lauda-Königshofen ; City of Lauda-Königshofen: municipal council election 2019 ; FN-Web , May 26, 2019: Result of the 2019 municipal council election in Lauda-Königshofen ; accessed July 2, 2019.
17. ^ City of Lauda-Königshofen: Friends in Europe . Online at www.lauda-koenigshofen.de. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
18. ↑ Panoramaweg Taubertal - Tourist Association Liebliches Taubertal. In: liebliches-taubertal.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 . 
19. ↑ Taubertal panorama hiking trail (long-distance hiking trail) - wanderkompass.de. In: wanderkompass.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 . 
20. ↑ Illustrated website for the parish church of St. James in Lauda
21. ^ Johann Friedrich Hautz: History of the University of Heidelberg , Mannheim, 1862, Volume 1, Pages 229 and 230; Scan from the source to the exempten parishes of the University of Heidelberg
22. ↑ LEO-BW
23. ↑ Benvenut Stengele : The Gerlachsheim Monastery in Taubergrund , in: Diöcesanarchiv von Schwaben , 13th year 1895, issue 12, pp. 177-181 ( digitized version )
24. ↑ City of Lauda-Königshofen: Terrace open-air swimming pool . Online at www.lauda-koenigshofen.de. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
25. ^ City of Lauda-Königshofen: indoor swimming pool and sauna . Online at www.lauda-koenigshofen.de. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
26. ↑ Main-Post : 600 years of Königshöfer Messe . August 20, 2015. Online at www.mainpost.de. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
27. ↑ Messelauf.de: Results . Online at www.messelauf.de. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
28. ↑ Messelauf.de .: Records . Online at www.messelauf.de. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
29. ↑ Zweckverband Wasserversorgung Mittlere Tauber: Homepage . Online at www.wvmt.de. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
30. ↑ Main-Post: From 2017 drinking water from Dittigheim . October 28, 2016. Online at www.mainpost.de. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
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