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28 unusual facts about Königstein im Taunus


Aid to the Church in Need

With international headquarters in Königstein in Germany since 1975, it currently has branches in 16 countries of the world.

Anna of Eppstein-Königstein

Anna of Eppstein-Königstein (Königstein, 1481 – Stolberg, 7 August 1538) was the daughter of Philip I of Eppstein-Königstein and his wife, Louise de la Marck.

BLE No. 44

Later it was transferred to the Frankfurt-Königstein railway, the Teutoburger Wald railway and then returned to the Frankfurt-Königstein railway.

Christoph Herle

Christoph Herle (born 19 November 1955 in Königstein im Taunus, Hessen) is a retired West German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10000 metres and cross-country running.

County of Stolberg

On 19 March 1548 the line was split between a Harz line (Stolberg-Stolberg) and a Rhenish line with the possessions in Rochefort (Stolberg-Rochefort) and Königstein im Taunus (Stolberg-Königstein).

The Counts of Stolberg could significantly enlarge their territory when they inherited the County of Wernigerode in 1429, the County of Königstein in 1535, and the County of Rochefort in 1544.

Dieter Trautwein

After several postings as a vicar in Königstein, Limburg and Bad Nauheim he served from 1963 to 1970 in positions involving him with the training of new ministers in Frankfurt am Main.

Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess of Wied

He married in 1543 in Königstein to Catherine (26 March 1525 – 15 June 1581 in Runkel), the daughter of Philip II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (17 August 1501 – 28 March 1529) and Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode (15 February 1506 in Stolberg – 18 June 1580 in Dillenburg), who after Philip's death remarried to William the Rich.

She married on 28 February 1526 in Königstein to Wolfgang, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1 October 1501 in Stolberg – 8 March 1552 in Allstedt).

Fritz Wendhausen

Fritz Wendhausen(7 August 1890, Wendhausen - 5 January 1962, Königstein im Taunus) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director.

Großer Feldberg

The summit is easily reached from Frankfurt in approximately 30 minutes via roads from Oberursel, Königstein or by bus from these towns.

Historic Railway, Frankfurt

Since 1981 the society has organised the Königstein railway festival (Bahnhofsfest Königstein) every year at Whitsun, when the Königsteiner Bahn between Frankfurt-Höchst and Königstein im Taunus is operated.

Jürgen Banzer

After visiting Holzhausenschule in Frankfurt and Bischof-Neumann-Schule in Königstein, Jürgen Banzer studied law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and catholic theology at the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology.

Karl Robert Langewiesche

Karl Robert Langewiesche (Dec. 18 1874-in Rheydt – Sept. 12, 1931 in Königstein im Taunus) was a German publisher.

Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein

Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein is a luxurious hotel in Königstein im Taunus (Falkenstein im Taunus), Germany.

LBE Nos. 1 to 3

During the trial only two of the 14 wagons attached at Frankfurt-Höchst arrived at Königstein, the rest had to be uncoupled en route.

Leo Scheffczyk

Immediately, Scheffczyk took to theological work and within a year of his ordination he was already a theology professor at the seminary in Königstein im Taunus.

Louis, Count of Stolberg

From the age of nine, he was educated by his maternal uncle Eberhard IV of Eppstein in Königstein.

Martin Roos

He began studying theology at the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Alba Iulia in 1961, continuing from 1962 to 1969 at Königstein im Taunus in West Germany.

Oskar Kohnstamm

Kohnstamm then began as a general practitioner in Königstein im Taunus, a small town in Hesse.

President of the German Bundesrat

This rotation is a constitutional convention known as the “Königstein agreement” (Königsteiner Vereinbarung), having been formulated at a 1950 seating in Königstein im Taunus, Hessen.

Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau

#Adelaide Marie (b. Dessau, 25 December 1833 - d. Schloss Königstein, 24 November 1916), married on 23 April 1851 to Adolphe, last Duke of Nassau and first Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Richard Musgrave

Musgrave was born in Königstein im Taunus, Germany, into the family of a writer and translator Curt Abel Musgrave, a chemist by profession.

Schloßborn

From 1 January 1810, Schloßborn was included in the Königstein district.

Stolberg-Stolberg

In 1548 the line was split between a Harz line (Stolberg-Stolberg) and a Rhenish line which had possessions in Rochefort (Stolberg-Rochefort) and Königstein im Taunus (Stolberg-Königstein).

Ulrich IV, Lord of Hanau

From 1378 to 1389, he and his successor held castle and city of Königstein and other rights and sources of income, as security for a loan he and the City of Frankfurt had extended to the Lords of Falkenstein-Münzenberg.

Werenfried van Straaten

This initial work led to the formation of Aid to the Church in Need (Kirche in Not), centered in Königstein, Germany.

Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild

The couple first resided in the Rothschild house on the Zeil (Zeilpalast), but later moved to a palace in Grü­ne­burg, and also lived in a villa in Königstein im Taunus.