Königsberg, Bavaria

Königsberg i.Bay.
Coat of arms
Königsberg i.Bay. Location of Königsberg i.Bay. within Haßberge district
Coordinates: 50°4′40″N 10°34′00″E / 50.07778°N 10.56667°E / 50.07778; 10.56667Coordinates: 50°4′40″N 10°34′00″E / 50.07778°N 10.56667°E / 50.07778; 10.56667
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Haßberge
Government
• Mayor	Erich Stubenrauch
Area
• Total	61.86 km2 (23.88 sq mi)
Elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,633
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	97486
Dialling codes	09525
Vehicle registration	HAS
Website	www.koenigsberg.de

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

The town is not to be confused with the most famous Königsberg in der Neumark (since 1945 as Chojna in Poland). It was an exclave of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until 1918, after having been a part of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

People

Plaque at the birthplace of Regiomontanus

• Johannes Müller alias Regiomontanus (6 June 1436 - 6 July 1476), famous mathematician and astronomer
• Johannes Marcellus (1510 - 25 December 1552), philologist and poet, also called Regiomontanus
• Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, Imperial Fieldmarschall and Diplomat
• Wolfgang Carl Briegel, composer

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