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Rhön-Grabfeld
Rhön-Grabfeld is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise) the districts of Hassberge, Schweinfurt and Bad Kissingen, and the states of Hesse (district Fulda) and Thuringia (districts Schmalkalden-Meiningen and Hildburghausen). History In medieval times the region was a part of the Bishopric of Würzburg. When the clerical states of Germany were dissolved in 1803, it fell to Bavaria. The district of Rhön-Grabfeld was established in 1972, when the former districts of Bad Neustadt, Königshofen and Mellrichstadt were merged. Geography The district consists of two distinct areas: The eastern parts of the Rhön mountains and the Bavarian portion of Grabfeld. Grabfeld is a fertile region south of the Rhön mountains. Literally it means "digfield". According to local legend a queen once lost her beloved ring in the Grabfeld. She ordered her servants to dig up the whole area. When the ring was found, she was relie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Neustadt
Bad Neustadt an der Saale (, ), officially Bad Neustadt a.d.Saale and often simply called Bad Neustadt, is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the Rhön-Grabfeld district in Lower Franconia. It is situated on the rivers Franconian Saale and Brend, near the Rhön Mountains, 30 km north of Schweinfurt, and 47 km southeast of Fulda. Town structure Between 1972 and 1978 some originally separate villages were gathered together administratively and became part of Bad Neustadt. So today Bad Neustadt has the following (parts of the town): *Old town of Bad Neustadt (1,858) *Western part of Bad Neustadt (2,515) *Gartenstadt (2,235) *Brendlorenzen (4,390) * Dürrnhof (291) * Herschfeld (2,716) * Lebenhan (492) * Löhrieth (288) *Mühlbach (972) ''(Number of inhabitants in brackets)'' History The church ''St. Martin'' in Brendlorenzen (part of the town Bad Neustadt) was first mentioned in 742 when the Bishopric of Würzburg was founded. The church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |