Fulda (district)

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Fulda
Map of Hesse highlighting the district Fulda
State	Hesse
County seat	Wiesbaden
Adm. region	Kassel
Area	1,380.39 km²
Population	218,597 (2002)
pop. density	158 inh./km²
Car identification	FD
Web page	http://www.landkreis-fulda.de

Fulda is a Kreis (district) in the north-east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Wartburgkreis, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Rhön-Grabfeld, Bad Kissingen, Main-Kinzig, Vogelsbergkreis.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] History

The district was created in 1821, when the duchy of Fulda became a province of Hesse, and was split into four districts. In 1866 the north of Hesse became a part of Prussia, including the Gersfeld area which previously belonged to Bavaria. In 1927 the city of Fulda left the district to become a district-free city, and in 1932 the remaining district was merged with the district of Gersfeld. 1972 the previously small municipalities were merged into 23 bigger ones, and in 1974 the city of Fulda lost its status as district-free city and joined the district again. In 1975 the Hünfeld district was added to the district.

[edit] Geography

The district is located in the Rhön and Vogelsberg mountains. The main river of the district is the Fulda.

[edit] Coat of arms

The left side of the coat of arms shows a black cross, the sign of the monastery of Fulda. The lion on the right side is taken from the Hesse coat of arms, symbolizing that the district was part of Hesse 1821-1866, and again after 1945. The coat of arms was granted in 1936.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Fulda Gersfeld Hünfeld Tann	Bad Salzschlirf Burghaun Dipperz Ebersburg Ehrenberg Eichenzell Eiterfeld Flieden Großenlüder Hilders	Hofbieber Hosenfeld Kalbach Künzell Neuhof Nüsttal Petersberg Poppenhausen Rasdorf

[edit] External links

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Hesse in Germany
Urban districts	Darmstadt \| Frankfurt (Main) \| Kassel \| Offenbach \| Wiesbaden
Rural districts	Bergstraße \| Darmstadt-Dieburg \| Fulda \| Gießen \| Groß-Gerau \| Hersfeld-Rotenburg \| Hochtaunuskreis \| Kassel \| Lahn-Dill-Kreis Limburg-Weilburg \| Main-Kinzig-Kreis \| Main-Taunus-Kreis \| Marburg-Biedenkopf \| Odenwaldkreis \| Offenbach Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis \| Schwalm-Eder-Kreis \| Vogelsbergkreis \| Waldeck-Frankenberg \| Werra-Meißner-Kreis \| Wetteraukreis