Herzogenaurach Herzogenaurach Herzogenaurach (; East Franconian: "Herziaura") is a town in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany. It is best known for being the home of the sporting goods companies Adidas and Puma, as well as the large car parts manufacturer Schaeffler Group. Herzogenaurach is situated in the Middle Franconia area of Bavaria, approx. 23 km (or 14 miles) northwest of Nuremberg. The town is located on the Aurach river, a tributary of the Regnitz river. Herzogenaurach was first mentioned in a document from 1002 under the name of "Uraha" when Holy Roman Emperor Henry II granted the town to
High-speed rail in Germany Maglev Train, a Transrapid technology based maglev built in collaboration with Siemens, Germany, has been operational since March 2004. Part of these routes are new constructions that run along or close to the existing, or previous, route: Completely new construction projects: High-speed rail in Germany Construction of the first high-speed rail in Germany began shortly after that of the French LGVs ("lignes à grande vitesse", high-speed lines). However, legal battles caused significant delays, so that the German Intercity-Express (ICE) trains were deployed ten years after the TGV network was established. The first regularly scheduled ICE trains ran on 2 June