Fuchsstadt is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Bad Kissingen in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
Fuchsstadt lies in the valley of the
Franconian Saale
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, surrounded by the foothills of the Bavarian
Rhön Mountains
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.
From the Kohlenberg chapel, you have a view of the town, the
Saale valley,
Saaleck Castle
Saaleck Castle (german: Burg Saaleck) is a hill castle near Bad Kösen, now a part of Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
In 1922, two of the men who had killed Walther Rathenau, the foreign minister of Germany, hid at Saaleck Castle but were tra ...
,
Hammelburg and its vineyards, as well as the antennas of the satellite communications company
Intelsat
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on the
Sodenberg
Sodenberg is a 481m high basalt cone (German: ''basaltkegel''), the remnant of an extinct volcanic crater, located in the Franconian Saale (German: ''Fränkische Saale''), in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia (German: ''Unterfranken''). Fro ...
.
History
With secularization of the government in 1803, the territory of the present municipality became part of Bavaria. In the
Treaty of Pressburg between France and
Austria
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in 1805, the lands of the Bishop of Würzburg were seized and given to
Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
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, and he was made
Grand Duke of Würzburg
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, a new state, as a reward for his support of
Napoleon
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. These lands then again became part of Bavaria in 1814 (this time permanently) at the defeat of Napoleon.
Population
Coat of arms
Against a background of red and silver bars, a red and gold fox.
Economy
The largest business in the area is the radio transmission station of Intelsat. It has two 32-meter class A antennas, and is a hallmark of the town.
In 1998, there were 238 local businesses. In 1999, there were 29 agricultural businesses and 272 ha under cultivation, of which 223 ha were fields, and 44 ha pasture.
Transportation
Fuchsstadt is easily reached from ''Autobahn'' 7 via Federal Highway 287.
It can also be reached from
Hammelburg on the ''Saaletalbahn''.
Sightseeing
Local attractions include the Trimburg, the palace of Saaleck, and the
ruins of Botenlauben.
External links
Official Web site
References
{{Authority control
Bad Kissingen (district)