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
Herzogenaurach Airport in 1992 as part of the drawdown of forces after the end of the Cold War, and the facility was returned to the German Government. After the pullout, a new civil airport was built primarily for use by Adidas, which moved its headquarters into Herzogenaurach. The vacant military facilities were torn down and redeveloped into an extension of the company's headquarters. Herzogenaurach Airport Herzogenaurach Airport is a regional airport in Germany, about north of Herzogenaurach (Bavaria); about southwest of Berlin It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled. The Luftwaffe opened a fighter airfield in Herzogenaurach in 1936,