Aub

This article is about the town in Germany. For other uses, see Aub (disambiguation).

Aub
Town
Market square in Aub
Coat of arms
Location of Aub within Würzburg district
Aub Aub
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 (CSU)
Area
• Total	17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi)
Elevation	310 m (1,020 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	1,398
• Density	80/km2 (210/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.stadt-aub.de

Aub (German: [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.

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
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

• Wrixum, Schleswig-Holstein

Landmarks

Aub has a beautiful church and a well-kept Jewish cemetery. The main church has a very fine carved wooden altarpiece by Tilman Riemenschneider, who was an important master sculptor in Southern Germany in the late Middle Ages. The town has most of its medieval walls intact, and an interesting small museum in the 'spittalkirche', a medieval monastery-cum-hospice, which served pilgrims and the old and infirm. Today the museum has objects from Aub's past, and displays about caring for the elderly through the centuries (all in German). Aub is the second smallest city in Bavaria. It has a bank, two bakery-cum-cafes, a doctor and a hairdresser. The countryside is very pleasant to cycle around. There is a cycle track along the disused railway line that leads to the Tauber valley, which is quite picturesque. 'Kunegonde Kapelle', named after an early medieval queen-saint, is located outside of the city. The key to the chapel can be obtained from the nearby village. The chapel is very atmospheric inside. In the wall of the old church yard a (reputedly) 1,000-year-old pollarded lime tree still stands. When the Catholic Church is celebrating a major festival, the townsfolk dress up in medieval costume, the town band plays, and there is a fair with dodgem cars and American Line dancing in the evening, or a medieval fair with jousting in the grounds of the hunting lodge at the top of the town.

Personalites

Johann Adam Schmidt

• Max Aub (1903–1972), novelist and playwright, was not from Aub, but he is, as well as the rabbi Joseph Aub, a descendant of Abraham Meyer from Aub
• Johannes Böhm (1485-1533/1535), German humanist
• Johann Adam Schmidt (1759–1809), doctor of Ludwig van Beethoven
• Kaspar Bausewein (1838–1903), singer at the Munich Court Opera
• Konrad Hoos (1892–1982), priest, ecclesiastic council study professor, honorary citizen of Baldersheim

External links

• Official website