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n toggle education subsection 7 1 schools 7 1 1 primary schools 7 1 2 secondary schools 7 2 philosophisch theologische hochschule königstein 1949 1978 8 literature 9 healthcare 10 famous personalities 11 references 12 external links toggle the table of contents königstein im taunus 41 languages afrikaans العربية مصرى تۆرکجه български нохчийн cebuano čeština deutsch esperanto español euskara فارسی suomi français frysk magyar italiano 日本語 қазақша kurdî кыргызча ladin bahasa melayu nederlands norsk nynorsk polski português română русский srpskohrvatski српскохрватски српски srpski svenska kiswahili ślůnski türkçe татарча tatarça українська oʻzbekcha ўзбекча winaray 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects 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please help improve the content march 2026 learn how and when to remove this message learn how and when to remove this message town in hesse germany königstein im taunus town view from königstein castle ruins over the town coat of arms location of königstein im taunus within hochtaunuskreis district interactive map of königstein im taunus location within germany show map of germany location within hesse show map of hesse coordinates 50 11 n 8 28 e 50 183 n 8 467 e 50 183 8 467 country germany state hesse district hochtaunuskreis government mayor 2024 30 jakob dienst 1 cdu area 2 total 25 05 km 2 9 67 sq mi elevation 200 410 m 660 1 350 ft population 2025 12 31 3 total 16 600 density 663 km 2 1 720 sq mi time zone utc 01 00 cet summer dst utc 02 00 cest postal codes 61462 dialling codes 06174 06173 mammolshain vehicle registration hg usi website www koenigstein de königstein im taunus german pronunciation ˈkøːnɪçʃtaɪn ʔɪm ˈtaʊnʊs ⓘ lit königstein in the taunus is a spa town that lies on the thickly wooded slopes of the taunus in hesse germany the town is part of the frankfurt rhein main urban area and belongs to the hochtaunuskreis district neighbouring places are kronberg im taunus glashütten schwalbach am taunus bad soden am taunus and kelkheim geography edit königstein is neighbouring the municipalities of glashütten schmitten oberursel and kronberg inside the hochtaunuskreis district from the south west to the south east it borders the municipalities of schwalbach bad soden and kelkheim in the main taunus kreis district königstein consists of four parts the city centre falkenstein mammolshain and schneidhain since 2001 falkenstein has borne the designation heilklimatischer kurort spa town independently of the complete town s status as such history edit the town s founding date is unknown the name königstein means king stone local legend states that king chlodwig 466 511 founded the town after building a castle on a hill as well as a chapel 4 königstein was first mentioned in a document in 1215 making it likelier that the castle was built around the 12th century for the town s and the frankfurt cologne commercial road s security also in that time came the town s first lords the counts of nürings but they were supplanted in 1239 by the lords of hagen münzenberg into whose ownership the castle went as an imperial fief the lords of hagen münzenberg were in turn followed by the lords of bolanden falkenstein from 1255 to 1418 under whose rule königstein was granted town rights in 1313 the lords of bolanden falkenstein were succeeded by the lords of eppstein who were followed by the counts of stolberg in 1535 introducing the reformation to the area by 1581 königstein belonged to the electorate of mainz which had incorporated the old county through a legal dispute early in the 17th century in connection with the counterreformation the castle was remodelled into a fortress however this newer military stronghold met its end in the french revolutionary wars when the french blew it up in 1796 although this may have been unintentional in 1803 königstein passed to the principality of nassau usingen which itself later merged with nassau weilburg to form the duchy of nassau by 1866 it was in prussian hands and since 1945 it has been part of hesse the three constituent municipalities falkenstein mammolshain and schneidhain were amalgamated with königstein as part of hesse s municipal reforms in 1972 königstein enjoyed an economic upswing from less wealthy times when the coldwater spa first opened in 1851 it reached its high point just before the first world war broke out the designation heilklimatischer kurort was granted in 1935 5 jewish health resort and summer residence edit königstein was regarded as a jewish spa especially in the era of national socialism mainly due to the high proportions of jewish guests for example otto klemperer kurt hahn carl sternheim botho graef reinhold lepsius who stayed in the sanatorium dr kohnstamm and hotel cahn which offered kosher food for these reasons königstein was an attractive city to visit for a day trip for many jews in frankfurt königstein became even more easily accessible from frankfurt am main in 1902 when the railway between königstein and frankfurt was built königstein was also the residence of prominent jewish citizens for example mathilde hannah von rothschild sigmund kohn speyer l albert hahn hermann wronker albert katzenellenbogen julius blau max neisser adolf sabor selmar spier the family of richard musgrave who in turn brought their friends and guests the poet stefan george often visited his school friend oskar kohnstamm and then after kohnstamm s death in 1917 and the sale of kohnstamm s sanatorium moved to königstein to be near his sister anna george in her apartment he received members of the george kreis george s and kohnstamm s school friend karl wolfskehl had contacts to the sanatorium dr amelung whose director had been a friend of oskar kohnstamm carl frankl also jewish was the owner of the renowned kohnstamm sanatorium from kohnstamm s death in 1917 until 1938 carl was a brother of the world war i fighter pilot wilhelm frankl his brother wilhelm had converted from judaism to christianity in order to marry his high school sweetheart while in 1937 24 hotels hostels and guest houses still refused to comply with nazi law and accepted jewish guests the following year in 1938 all 54 hotels hostels and guest houses in königstein added the following sentence to their advertisements all the guest houses are run jew free in 1938 public discussions arose about keeping the name of the sanatorium dr kohnstamm or aryanizing it königstein s mayor preferred changing the name and commented that should the name be kept the reputation of königstein as jews resort would yet again be cemented in an irreparable way even after the holocaust famous jewish people settled in königstein thus e g max dessoir moved here for his retirement he had previously lived once before in the sanatorium amelung as did publisher samuel fischer s wife hedwig fischer née landshoff paulette goddard charlie chaplin s wife was a famous visitor of königstein after world war ii politics edit this section s title may not reflect its contents or does not comply with standard formatting you can help wikipedia by thinking of a more appropriate title and renaming the section this may require further changes like splitting the section s contents march 2026 learn how and when to remove this message parties represented in the town council are the cdu the spd the fdp and the greens as well as the alk aktionsgemeinschaft lebenswertes königstein a citizens coalition at the moment königstein is governed by an informal alliance of alk and the cdu coat of arms edit königstein s civic coat of arms was conferred in 1907 it is based on a town seal from 1535 the towers stand for the old imperial castle reichsburg the lords of bolanden falkenstein are remembered in the red and gold field in the upper right upper left heraldically speaking as are the counts of nürings in the black lion and the lords of eppstein in the three chevrons dead link economy edit this section s title may not reflect its contents or does not comply with standard formatting you can help wikipedia by thinking of a more appropriate title and renaming the section this may require further changes like splitting the section s contents march 2026 learn how and when to remove this message purchasing power edit königstein has an extraordinarily high level of purchasing power in 2010 their purchasing power index was 191 compared to the national average and with that the highest in germany transport edit lint 41 railcar underneath königstein castle heading for frankfurt königstein is advantageously placed for driving by way of federal highways bundesstraßen b8 and b455 which meet in town at a roundabout autobahnen a 66 frankfurt höchst interchange a 661 oberursel interchange and a 3 niedernhausen interchange can be reached in a matter of minutes königstein s advantageous placement however brings problems too rush hour traffic both in the morning and evening regularly results in heavy traffic jams on the way into the roundabout the nearest airport is frankfurt international airport by way of the königstein railway frankfurt königsteiner eisenbahn fke and bus routes connecting the towns to the s bahn stations at bad soden s 3 and kronberg s 4 königstein is connected to frankfurt central station and the whole railway network run by the rhein main verkehrsverbund rhine main transport association rmv and it has at its disposal königstein station and schneidhain station established businesses edit königstein im taunus is an attractive place for business the citizens above average buying power is a boon to local retail businesses the range of which is correspondingly great furthermore there are quite a few independent business and personnel consultants often former managers from industry through the takeover of the well known german personnel consultancy hofmann herbold partner königstein was for years headquarters to the biggest international executive search firm korn ferry several spinoffs brought into being by former korn ferry employees are still in business in town now the commerzbank maintains a large training and conference centre at the edge of town which is also available to third parties the deutsche bank also has one between falkenstein and kronberg town partnerships edit road sign königstein kreis sächschische schweiz saxony königstein im taunus maintains partnerships with the following towns le cannet rocheville france königstein saxony kórnik poland le mêle sur sarthe france with falkenstein there is also a friendship agreement with königstein in the upper palatinate culture and sightseeing edit königstein in the late 19th century regular events edit the greatest folk festival in königstein is the yearly burgfest or castle festival at the königstein castle ruins moreover early in the year and in the summer further events also take place there ritterturnier knights tournament theater auf der burg theatre at the castle as well as various musical and film events since 2005 also a series of concerts called mittelalter rockt die burg middle ages rock the castle as a new open air highlight from 2006 the burgfestspiele königstein königstein castle festival games will be held bringing to the stage a multi faceted cultural programme in the unique atmosphere of the ruins ambitious concerts and operatic and musical productions with large casts under the open sky as well business in the outlying communities is shaped by many festivals and activities clubs edit hotel kempinski in königstein falkenstein the ritter von königstein knights of königstein have committed themselves to the middle ages and since 1998 have been staging a yearly knights tournament with a mediaeval market at königstein s picturesque castle ruins the local young people who do this are supported in this endeavour by the club stadtwache e v town watch furthermore each of königstein s constituent communities has its own sport or football club the biggest in the whole town is tsg falkenstein offering volleyball judo gymnastics athletics gardetanz a kind of dancing popular in germany involving dancers in old often 18th century military uniforms and football and having more than 800 members the most successful football club is the 1 fc tsg königstein a fusion of 1 fc königstein and tsg falkenstein whose first team has been plying for many years in the top of the regional upper league gruppenliga moreover the club has at its disposal 21 youth teams also the sg spielgemeinschaft or playing community schneidhain and fc mammolshain play football soccer in königstein both however at lower levels from 5 to 16 june 2006 on the occasion of the 2006 fifa world cup the brazil national team made its home at the kempinski hotel in falkenstein a five star hotel originally built as an officers retreat for kaiser wilhelm the team trained at the altkönigblick sport ground 1 fc tsg königstein s usual facility the königstein fanfare corps fanfarencorps königstein won the europa musikfestival in rödemis in 2005 and the solothurner marching parade in which the königstein fanfare corps was the first foreign club to participate königstein also has from singing clubs to a mandolin club a karate and tennis club and a volunteer fire brigade in every constituent community more than 100 clubs buildings edit falkenstein castle on its hill as it can be seen from a scenic viewpoint at the foot of the altkönig mountain viewpoint dettweiler tempel at sunset villa andreae the rear view of the luxemburgisches schloss besides the town s landmark the königstein castle ruins other buildings are worth seeing such as the historic old town with its old town hall rathaus and falkenstein castle and the old town also found there nearby there is a viewpoint called dettweiler tempel named afte...