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Tann () is a town in the district of Fulda, in
Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...
,
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. It is situated in the
Rhön Mountains The Rhön Mountains () are a group of low mountains (or ''Mittelgebirge'') in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together. These mountains, which are at the extreme southeast end o ...
, 27 km northeast of
Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. Histor ...
. It is an accredited
Spa town A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits. Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath, Somerset, Ba ...
at the
Ulster River The Ulster () is a river in Central Germany that flows through the states of Thuringia and Hesse. The river originates in the Rhön Mountains, near the town of Ehrenberg. It then flows primarily in a northerly direction, through the towns of H ...
.


Mayors

* Karl Hilgen (SPD) till 1983 * Wolfgang Schwake (CDU) till 1989 * Dieter Herchenhan] (SPD) till 2001 * Markus Meysner (CDU) till 2013 * Mario Dänner (independent) since 2013Endgültiges Wahlergebnis der Bürgermeisterwahl von 2013
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Buildings

Image:Stadttor tann.jpg, City gate of Tann (built 1557–1563) File:Tann (Rhön), Ev. Stadtpfarrkirche-20160505-001.jpg, Protestant church File:Tann schlosshinten gelb.jpg, Tann yellow castle File:Tann blau schloss.jpg, Tann blue castle


Sons and daughters of the town

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Johann Ludwig Klüber Johann Ludwig Klüber (10 November 1762, Tann, near Fulda - 16 February 1837, Frankfurt am Main) was a German law professor, author and state official. Biography He was professor of law at the University of Erlangen (1786-1804), privat-referenda ...
(1762-1837), state lawyer and writer


Personalities who have worked on the spot

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Johann Michael Bach (musician at Wuppertal) Johann Michael Bach (9 November 1745 in Struth near Schmalkalden – 13 June 1820 in Elberfeld) was a German composer, lawyer and music theorist. He was a son of Johann Elias Bach (1705–1755). He is not to be confused with his great-uncle Johann ...
(1745-1820), a member of the musical Bach family. Worked in Tann as a church musician (1786 to ca. 1795) *
Sebastian Kehl Sebastian Walter Kehl (; born 13 February 1980) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the Sporting director, Sporting Director of Borussia Dortmund. He amassed Bund ...
(born 1980, Fulda), grew up in the district Lahrbach, professional football player (
Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...


References

Fulda (district) Rhön Mountains Towns in Hesse {{Hesse-geo-stub