Königsberg, Bavaria

Town in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Königsberg in Bayern within Haßberge district

(2020–26) Claus Bittenbrünn^[1] (CSU)Area

• Total61.86 km² (23.88 sq mi)Elevation

280 m (920 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total3,624 • Density59/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

97486

Dialling codes09525Vehicle registrationHASWebsitewww.koenigsberg.de

Königsberg in Bayern is a town in the Haßberge district, in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 7 km (5 miles) northeast of Haßfurt, and 31 km (20 miles) northwest of Bamberg.

It was an exclave of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until 1918, after having been a part of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Notable people

Plaque at the birthplace of Regiomontanus

Johannes Müller alias Regiomontanus (1436-1476), a famous mathematician and astronomer.^[3]
Johannes Marcellus (1510-1552), a philologist and poet, also called Regiomontanus
Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626–1712) a German organist, teacher, and composer.
Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff (1673–1763), Imperial Fieldmarschall and diplomat.^[4]

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).
^ Clerke, Agnes Mary (1911). "Regiomontanus" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). p. 39.
^ "Seckendorf, Friedrich Heinrich, Count von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 469.