Königsberg, Bavaria
Town in Bavaria, Germany
Coat of arms
Location of Königsberg in Bayern within Haßberge district
(2020–26) Claus Bittenbrünn[1] (CSU)
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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
- 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).
- ^ 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.
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