Bad Königshofen

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Town in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Bad Königshofen within Rhön-Grabfeld district

(2020–26) Thomas Helbling^[1] (CSU)Area

• Total69.52 km² (26.84 sq mi)Elevation

276 m (906 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,113 • Density88/km² (230/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

97631

Dialling codes09761Vehicle registrationNES, KÖN, METWebsitewww.badkoenigshofen.de

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.^[3] The Franconian Saale flows through the town.

Geography

There are 17 town districts:^[4]

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 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the state of Thuringia.^[5]

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.^[6]

History

First mention of the town was in 741, although it had been settled way before then.^[7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9] Later, the town became home to an episcopal bailiff. In 1603, there was a Leper colony called the Siechhaus in the town.^[10]

Government

The elections in March 2014 showed the following results:^[11]

CSU: 5 seats
SPD: 2 seats
Greens: 1 seat
Block Freier Wähler (Free voters): 2 seats
List Merkershausen: 2 seats
Bürgerblock der Stadtteile: 2 seats
List Eyershausen: 2 seats
List Althausen: 1 seat
List Untereßfeld: 1 seat
Junge Liste (young list): 1 seat
Aktive Bürger Bad Königshofen (Active citizens Bad Königshofen) 1 seat

Notable people

Gaspar Schott (1608-1666), science writer and educator
Louis Rousseau (1724-1794), German chemist
Charles Albert (1743-1819), sculptor of the Rococo
Alois Albert (1880-1939), politician (BVP), member of the Reichstag
Sieglinde Hofmann (born 1945), former member of the Red Army Faction (RAF)
Waldemar Heckel (born 1949), leading authority and historian of Alexander the Great

Associated people

Andreas Baader (1943-1977), leading terrorist of the Red Army Faction (RAF)

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).
^ "Bad Königshofen im Grabfield: A selection of statistical data" (PDF). Bavarian State Office for Statistics (in German). Bavaria, Germany: Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data. March 2019. p. 6. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
^ "Bad Königshofen i.Grabfeld | bavarikon".
^ "Google Maps Directions to the border of Bavaria and Thuringia". Google Maps. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
^ "About The Bad Königshofen Water Park in Arlington TX". city of Arlington. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
^ Text and translation of the document of Emperor Ludwig the Pious from 822
^ Mainpost: BAD KÖNIGSHOFEN Gräber sind rund 1400 Jahre alt Archived 2011-11-07 at the Wayback Machine aktualisiert: 4. November 2011
^ "Die Grafen von Henneberg, S.106" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
^ "Medieval leprosoria in today's Bavaria". Wayback Machine. City of Münster. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
^ Ergebnis Stadtratswahl 2014