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Jossgrund
Jossgrund is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It has around 3,500 inhabitants distributed among several formerly independent villages, now ''Ortsteile''. The administration seat is at Oberndorf. Geography Location The municipality known as "Jossgrund" is located in the valley of the rivulet Jossa, a tributary to the Sinn which in turn discharges into the Franconian Saale shortly before the Saale flows into the river Main at Gemünden am Main. Jossgrund lies among the wooded hills of the Spessart at the border between the German federal states of Hesse and Bavaria (Main-Spessart district). Jossgrund is made up of several villages and has no real municipal centre. Although similarly named after the stream, Jossa is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Sinntal. There is also the ''Naturraum Jossgrund'' which includes Mernes, Marjoss and Jossa in addition to the municipality Jossgrund. The municipal territory includes wooded hills like the Beilstei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Jossgrund is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It has around 3,500 inhabitants distributed among several formerly independent villages, now ''Ortsteile''. The administration seat is at Oberndorf. Geography Location The municipality known as "Jossgrund" is located in the valley of the rivulet Jossa, a tributary to the Sinn which in turn discharges into the Franconian Saale shortly before the Saale flows into the river Main at Gemünden am Main. Jossgrund lies among the wooded hills of the Spessart at the border between the German federal states of Hesse and Bavaria (Main-Spessart district). Jossgrund is made up of several villages and has no real municipal centre. Although similarly named after the stream, Jossa is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Sinntal. There is also the ''Naturraum Jossgrund'' which includes Mernes, Marjoss and Jossa in addition to the municipality Jossgrund. The municipal territory includes wooded hills like the Beilstei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beilstein (Spessart)
The Beilstein is a hill in the Main-Kinzig district of Hesse, Germany. It is part of the Spessart range and lies in the municipality of Jossgrund close to the ''Ortsteil'' of . Its elevation is 499 metres above sea level. Geography Location The Beilstein is located at the end of the valley of the Jossa. It is part of the ''Mittelgebirge'' Spessart and lies in the Hessian part of the range, close to the border to Bavaria. The Beilstein lies between Lettgenbrunn and Bad Orb, just south of the 521 m high '. The Beilstein is part of the municipal territory of Jossgrund. Geology Unlike most of the Spessart, which consists mainly of Buntsandstein, the Beilstein is an outcropping of basalt. The upper slopes of the hill are wooded, but at the top basalt rocks are exposed. Around 10-20 million years ago, volcanic activity caused this to break through the local Buntsandstein, which is roughly 200 million years older. The Beilstein features characteristic basalt columns and the larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jossa (Sinn)
Jossa is a river of Hesse, Germany. It is a tributary of the Sinn, which in turn flows into the Franconian Saale shortly before the latter discharges into the Main at Gemünden am Main. Course The Jossa has a length of 32.3 kilometres. It originates at , an ''Ortsteil'' of Jossgrund. Here the Villbach is joined by the ''Lettgenbrunner Quelle''. Since 2007, the place has been marked by a large boulder. The Jossa then flows southeast before turning northwards. Passing and (two other parts of Jossgrund) it gradually turns east north of , part of Bad Soden-Salmünster. Its northernmost point is near (part of Steinau an der Strasse) and it then flows southeast to discharge into the Sinn at Jossa, a part of Sinntal. Watershed The Jossa and its tributaries drain an area of around 146.7 square kilometres. It marks the border of the area that drains to the east towards the Sinn. To the west and north lies the Kinzig watershed. Natural history Beavers have been successfully reintr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Soden-Salmünster
Bad Soden-Salmünster () is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Kinzig, between Fulda and Hanau. It has a population of around 13,000. Geography Location The municipality is located on both sides of the Kinzig river in the Main-Kinzig district of Hesse. Its territory extends into the hills of the Vogelsberg to the north and into the Spessart to the south. The two main population centres, Bad Soden and Salmünster, are both situated in the Kinzig valley. Subdivisions The ''Stadt'' (town) Bad Soden-Salmünster today consists of the following 11 ''Stadtteile'' (boroughs): , , , , , , , , , and . Bad Soden and Salmünster are the two ''Kernstadtteile'' (core boroughs). The current municipality was created in the ' of 1970, 1972 and 1974. Neighbouring communities From the north, clockwise, the neighbouring municipalities are: Birstein, Steinau an der Straße, ''Gutsbezirk Spessart'' (an unincorporated area surrounding the ''Stadt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Orb
Bad Orb (; "Thermae on the Orb River") is a spa town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis district of Hesse, Germany. It is situated east of Hanau between the forested hills of the Spessart. Bad Orb has a population of over 10,000. Its economy is dominated by the health and tourism sectors. Geography Location Bad Orb is located in the valley of the Orb, a tributary of the Kinzig. The town is surrounded by the wooded hills of the Spessart, including the Wintersberg. The closest larger cities are Hanau, Aschaffenburg and Frankfurt to the southwest and Fulda to the northeast. Neighboring communities From the north, clockwise, Bad Orb borders on Wächtersbach, Bad Soden-Salmünster, the unincorporated area Gutsbezirk Spessart, Jossgrund and Biebergemünd. History The region was inhabited by Celts by c. 650 BC, but it is not known whether they were aware of the local salt deposits. In 1054 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor gifted the area around Orb (''Orbaha'') to the ''Stift St. Stefan' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flörsbachtal
Flörsbachtal is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It has a population close to 2,400. Flösbachtal contains both the oldest parish and the youngest settlement established in the Spessart hills. Located within the municipal territory is the Hermannskoppe, the highest elevation in the Hessian part of the Spessart and the Wiesbüttmoor, a rare hanging bog. Etymology The community Flörsbachtal was newly created in 1972 and is named after the '' Flörsbach'', a stream that flows into the Lohrbach, the name of the upper part of the Lohr which flows into the Main at Lohr am Main. Geography Location Flörsbachtal is located in the far south of the Main-Kinzig district of Hesse, right next to the state of Bavaria, which surrounds the community on three sides (west, south and east). Flörsbachtal lies in the wooded hills of the Spessart. Around 75% of the municipal territory is covered by forests. It also includes the nature preserve , a rare hanging bog a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biebergemünd
Biebergemünd is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It has a population of over 8,000 and lies in the wooded hills of the Spessart. Etymology The name derives from the River Bieber, which flows (''mündet'') into the Kinzig at Wirtheim. Geography Location Biebergemünd is mostly located in the Hessian part of the Spessart at elevations between 140 and 250 metres above NHN. Around 70% of the municipal territory is covered by forest. In the north, the municipality extends into the valley of the Kinzig river. Neighbouring communities The municipality's territory borders on the state of Bavaria in the south. The neighbouring communities are (from the north, clockwise): Wächtersbach, Bad Orb, Jossgrund, Flörsbachtal, , and (three wooded '' gemeindefreie Gebiete'', Bavaria), Kleinkahl (Bavaria), Linsengericht and Gelnhausen. Subdivisions Villages that belong to Biebergemünd, (population numbers for 2013): * Bieber (2,228) * Breitenborn/Lützel (400) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main-Kinzig
Main-Kinzig-Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis, Vogelsbergkreis, Fulda, Bad Kissingen, Main-Spessart, Aschaffenburg, Offenbach and the district-free cities of Offenbach and Frankfurt. History The district was created in 1974 by merging the former districts of Hanau, Schlüchtern, Gelnhausen and the former urban district of Hanau. It is basically the former territory of the county of Hesse-Hanau. Geography The district is named after the two primary rivers: the Main flows along the south-west corner of the district. The Kinzig, a tributary of the Main, flows through the district. According to the ''Institut Géographique National'' from 1 January 2007 until July 2013 the geographic centre of the European Union was located on a wheat field outside of Gelnhausen. Economy In 2017 (latest data available) the GDP per inhabitant was €34,185. This places the district 15th out of 26 districts (rural and urban) in Hesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odenwald
The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Location The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried'' (the northeastern section of the Rhine rift) to the west, the Main and the Bauland (a mostly unwooded area with good soils) to the east, the Hanau-Seligenstadt Basin – a subbasin of the Upper Rhine Rift Valley in the Rhine-Main Lowlands – to the north and the Kraichgau to the south. The part south of the Neckar valley is sometimes called the ''Kleiner Odenwald'' ("Little Odenwald"). The northern and western Odenwald belong to southern Hesse, with the south stretching into Baden. In the northeast, a small part lies in Lower Franconia in Bavaria. Geology The Odenwald, along with other parts of the Central German Uplands, belongs to the Variscan, which more than 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous period ran through great parts of Europe. The cause ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolingians
The Carolingian dynasty (; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charlemagne, grandson of mayor Charles Martel and a descendant of the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD. The dynasty consolidated its power in the 8th century, eventually making the offices of mayor of the palace and '' dux et princeps Francorum'' hereditary, and becoming the ''de facto'' rulers of the Franks as the real powers behind the Merovingian throne. In 751 the Merovingian dynasty which had ruled the Germanic Franks was overthrown with the consent of the Papacy and the aristocracy, and Pepin the Short, son of Martel, was crowned King of the Franks. The Carolingian dynasty reached its peak in 800 with the crowning of Charlemagne as the first Emperor of the Romans in the West in over three centuries. His death in 814 began an extended period of fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and decline that w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulda Abbey
The Abbey of Fulda (German ''Kloster Fulda'', Latin ''Abbatia Fuldensis''), from 1221 the Princely Abbey of Fulda (''Fürstabtei Fulda'') and from 1752 the Prince-Bishopric of Fulda (''Fürstbistum Fulda''), was a Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine abbey and Hochstift, ecclesiastical principality centered on Fulda, in the present-day German state of Hesse. The monastery was founded in 744 by Saint Sturm, a disciple of Saint Boniface. After Boniface was buried at Fulda, it became a prominent center of learning and culture in Germany, and a site of religious significance and pilgrimage through the 8th and 9th centuries. The ''Annals of Fulda'', one of the most important sources for the history of the Carolingian Empire in the 9th century, were written there. In 1221 the abbey was granted an imperial estate to rule and the abbots were thereafter princes of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1356, Emperor Charles IV bestowed the title "Archchancellor of the Empress" (''Erzkanzler der Kaiserin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isenburg-Büdingen
Isenburg-Büdingen was a County of southern Hesse, Germany, located in Büdingen. It was originally a part of the County of Isenburg. There were two different Counties of the same name. The first (1341–1511) was a partition of Isenburg-Cleberg, and was partitioned into Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein and Isenburg-Ronneburg in 1511. The second (1628–1806) was a partition of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein. It was partitioned between itself, Isenburg-Meerholz and Isenburg-Wächtersbach in 1673, and was mediatised to Isenburg in 1806. In 1816 Isenburg was partitioned between the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt and the Electorate of Hesse-Kassel. Count Ernest Casimir (1801-1848) was elevated to the rank of prince by Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, in 1840. Since then, the name of the branch is spelled ''Ysenburg and Büdingen'', to distinguish it from the princes of Isenburg from the Isenburg-Birstein branch. Counts of Isenburg-Büdingen See also *Diether von Isenburg Diether von I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
