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. 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.
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