Herzogenaurach

Herzogenaurach is a metropolis within the district of Erlangen-Hochstadt, in Bavaria, Germany. It is pleasant acknowledged for being the home of the sporting items businesses Adidas and Puma, as well as the large automobile components manufacturer Schaeffler Group. Herzogenaurach is situated within the Middle Franconia location of Bavaria, approx. 23 km northwest of Nuremberg. The city is located on the Aurach river, a tributary of the Regnitz river. Herzogenaurach is the birthplace of two carrying goods giants: Adidas and Puma, founded by way of the two brothers Adolf Dassler and Rudolf Dassler, after an acrimonious familial cut up in 1948.

Both organizations' headquarters are still positioned in the town, initially on contrary sides of the Aurach River, and logo loyalty changed into sharply divided as properly. For years, Adidas and Puma people might not associate or even when Adolf and Rudi died, they had been buried in contrary ends of the city Cemetery. These differences cleared up over time. Herzogenaurach was first mentioned in a report from 1002 under the call of Uraha whilst Holy Roman Emperor Henry II granted the metropolis to the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg.