Rückers

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Coordinates: 50°24′00″N 09°34′00″E / 50.4, 9.566667

Rückers
Village of Flieden
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Fulda
Basic statistics
Elevation	330 m (1083 ft)
Population	1,910 (30/06/2006)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	FD
Postal code	36103
Area codes	0 66 55

Rückers is a village in the municipality of Flieden, in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany.

1 Geography
2 Neighboring Localities
3 History
4 Religion
5 Education
6 Sites of interest
7 Transportation

[edit] Geography

Rückers is situated in the south of the district of Fulda, approx. 20 km south of the town Fulda, on the gently sliding northern slope of a low mountain range between Rhön and Vogelsberg Mountains called Landrücken.

[edit] Neighboring Localities

Flieden
Schweben
Höf und Haid
Hutten
Elm
Klosterhoefe

[edit] History

Rückers was mentioned for the first time approx. in 1160.

[edit] Religion

In Rückers there is a Catholic Church "Mariä Himmelfahrt".

[edit] Education

In Rückers there is a Kindergarten “St. Nikolaus“ and a Grundschule (Elementary School) „Steinkammerschule“.

[edit] Sites of interest

The headwater and local recreation area “Steinkammer” located on the low mountain range “Landrücken” serves vacationers and hikers a suberb view to the mountains of Rhön, Vogelsberg and Spessart. The area of „Steinkammer“ is a “Nature Preserve” in the “Nature Park Rhön” with geological and biological importance.