Aub
Town in Bavaria, Germany
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Aub (German pronunciation: [aʊp] ⓘ) is a town in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany, 29 kilometres (18 mi) southeast of Würzburg and 21 kilometres (13 mi) northwest of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, near the border of Baden-Württemberg. It is fed by the river Gollach and divided into three parts: Aub, Baldersheim and Burgerroth.
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Market square in Aub | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Aub
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 Location of Aub | |
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| Coordinates: 49°32′N 10°03′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken |
| District | Würzburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Aub |
| Subdivisions | 2 Stadtteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Roman Menth[1] (CSU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,398 |
| • Density | 79.70/km2 (206.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 97239 |
| Dialling codes | 09335 |
| Vehicle registration | WÜ |
| Website | www |
History
The earlier territory of the Catholic Church in Würzburg became part of Bavaria when the government was secularized in 1805. The present municipality was created during the administrative reforms of 2010.
Population
The population has remained relatively stable since 1970, as shown in the following table:
| Year | Population |
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| 1970 | 1714 |
| 1987 | 1631 |
| 2000 | 1702 |
| 2005 | 1608 |
Administrative municipality
Aub forms an administrative municipality with the nearby towns of Gelchsheim and Sonderhofen.
Sister city
Landmarks
Aub has a church and a Jewish cemetery. The main church has a carved wooden altarpiece by Tilman Riemenschneider, a late medieval master sculptor in Southern Germany. The town has most of its medieval walls intact, and a small museum in the 'spittalkirche', a medieval monastery-cum-hospice, which served pilgrims and the old and infirm. The museum has objects from Aub's past, and exhibits about caring for the elderly through the centuries (all in German). Aub is the second smallest city in Bavaria.
Notable people
- Johann Adam Schmidt (1759–1809), doctor of Ludwig van Beethoven[3]
- Kaspar Bausewein (1838–1903), singer at the Munich Court Opera