Königsberg, Bavaria

Town in Bavaria, Germany

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

1. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
2. Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
3. Clerke, Agnes Mary (1911). "Regiomontanus" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). p. 39.
4. "Seckendorf, Friedrich Heinrich, Count von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 469.