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Fulda
Country	Germany
State	Hessen
Administrative region	Kassel
District	Fulda
Administrative unit
Population	63,782 (2004)
Area	104.04 km²
Population density	613 /km²
Elevation	261 m
Coordinates	50°33′ N 9°40′ E
Postal code	36001–36043
Area code	0661
Licence plate code	FD
Mayor	Gerhard Möller (CDU)
Website	fulda.de

Fulda is a city in Hessen, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (Kreis). Image File history File links Source: [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Karte_Fulda_in_Deutschland. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (transliterated as Laender in English, singular Land). ... Hesse is also the name of the German writer Hermann Hesse, as well as the German mathematician Otto Hesse. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Kassel is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the north of the country. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Fulda is a Kreis (district) in the north-east of Hesse, Germany. ... An Amt is a name for subnational administrative units used in some northern European countries. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) A metre or meter[1] (symbol: m) is a unit of length and the current base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Website - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Hesse is also the name of the German writer Hermann Hesse, as well as the German mathematician Otto Hesse. ... The Fulda is a river in Hesse, Germany. ... Fulda is a Kreis (district) in the north-east of Hesse, Germany. ...

History

Early Middle Ages

The Benedictine monastery of Fulda (in what is now Hessen, Germany), was founded in 744 by Saint Sturm, a disciple of Saint Boniface, as one of Boniface's outposts in the reorganization of the church in Germany, and a base from which missionaries accompanied Charlemagne's armies in their political and military campaign to destroy heathen Saxony. A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of St Benedict. ... Events February - Hildeprand succeeds Liutprand as king of the Lombards. ... Saint Sturm (Sturmius) was disciple of St. ... For the Roman general of this name, see Bonifacius. ... Charlemagne (742 or 747 – 28 January 814) (also Charles the Great[1]; from Latin, Carolus Magnus[2]), son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon, was king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and king of the Lombards from 774 to 814. ...

The initial grant for the abbey was signed by Carloman, the son of Charles Martel. The support of the Mayors of the Palace and later, the early Pippinid and Carolingian rulers, was important to Boniface's success. Fulda also received support from many of the leading families of the Carolingian world. Sturm, whose tenure as abbot lasted from 747 until 779, was most likely related to the Agilolfing dukes of Bavaria. Fulda also received large and constant donations from the Etichonids, a leading family in Alsace, and the Conradines, predecessors of the Salian Holy Roman Emperors. Under Sturm, the donations Fulda received from these and other important families helped in the establishment of daughter houses Johannesberg and Petersberg near Fulda. Carloman (716–754) was the son of Charles Martel, major domo or Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and Chrotrud. ... For the 13th century titular King of Hungary, see Charles Martel dAnjou. ... Mayor of the Palace was an early medieval title and office, also known by the Latin name, maior domus or majordomo, used most notably in the Frankish kingdoms in the 7th and 8th centuries. ... Also see: France in the Middle Ages. ... Events Abu Muslim unites the Abbasid Empire against the Umayyads. ... Events Offa of Mercia beats Cynewulf of Wessex and takes Bensington. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Capital Strasbourg Land area¹ 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Population  - Jan. ... The Conradines were a short-lived dynasty of Franconian dukes, named after Konrad the Elder and his son Conrad I (or Konrad), Duke of Franconia, King of Germany. ... The Salian Dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire was founded by Conrad II (c. ... The Holy Roman Empire and from the 16th century on also The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation was a political conglomeration of lands in Central Europe in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. ...

After his martyrdom by the Frisians, the relics of Saint Boniface were brought back to Fulda. Because of the stature this afforded the monastery, the donations increased, and Fulda could establish daughter houses further away, for example in Hameln. Meanwhile Saint Lullus, successor of Boniface as archbishop of Mainz, tried to absorb the abbey into his archbishopric, but failed. This was one reason that he founded Hersfeld Abbey, to limit the attempts of the enlargement of Fulda. Map of Germany showing Hamelin Watershed of the River Weser Hamelin (German: Hameln) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Hersfeld Abbey: church ruins Hersfeld Abbey was an important Benedictine imperial abbey in the town of Bad Hersfeld in Hesse (formerly in Hesse-Nassau), Germany, at the confluence of the rivers Geisa, Haune and Fulda. ...

Between 790 and 819 the community rebuilt the main monastery church to more fittingly house the relics. They based their new basilica on the basilica (since demolished) of Saint Peter's in Rome, using the transept and crypt plan of that great pilgrimage church to frame their own saint as the "Apostle to the Germans". The crypt of the original abbey church still holds those relics, but the church itself has been subsumed into a Baroque renovation. A small, 9th century chapel remains standing within walking distance of the church, as do the foundations of a later women's abbey. Events A revolt against Empress Irene leads to Constantine VI being declared sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. ... Events The Abbasid capital is moved back to Baghdad Louis the Pious marries Judith Welf Births Deaths Categories: 819 ... The Basilica of Saint Peter from Castel SantAngelo. ... Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ... Crypt is also a commonly used name of water trumpets, aquatic plants. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ...

The great scholar Rabanus Maurus was abbot from 822 to 842. Rabanus Maurus (left) presents his work to Otgar of Mainz Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. ... Events Abd-ar-rahman II becomes ruler of Umayyad Spain. ... Events Oaths of Strasbourg — alliance of Louis the German and Charles the Bald against emperor Lothar — sworn and recorded in vernacular languages. ...

From its foundation on the abbey Fulda and its territory was based on an Imperial grant and therefore a sovereign principality subject only to the German emperor. The prince abbots ruled Fulda and the surrounding villages until both the abbey and the principality were forcibly dissolved by Napoleon's minions in 1802.

Miscellaneous

Weser river watershed, showing Fulda River and the city of Fulda.

Fulda also lends its name to the "Fulda Gap", a traditional east-west invasion route used by Napoleon and others. The old West/East German border passed just east of Fulda, and large Soviet and East German forces were stationed in the area. Any conventional war between NATO and Soviet forces was figured to include an invasion through the Gap, and the the US Army stationed the 14th and later the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment) (the Blackhorse Regiment) in the city and surrounding areas as the front line of NATO defenses. The relationship between the regiment and the city was very strong even during difficult periods of German-American relations, and when the Regiment was withdrawn in 1994, the city published a memorial book in tribute to that relationship. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (514x641, 19 KB)Weser watershed Licensed for use in accordance with the GFDL. I used this [ online map creation] tool to create this map. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (514x641, 19 KB)Weser watershed Licensed for use in accordance with the GFDL. I used this [ online map creation] tool to create this map. ... Weser watershed The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ... The Fulda is a river in Hesse, Germany. ... The Fulda Gap is a section of territory between the former East German border and Frankfurt, (West) Germany. ... West Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include East Germany. ... GDR redirects here. ... Soviet redirects here. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation[1] (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ... Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital Moscow Largest city Moscow Official language(s) None; Russian de facto Government Federation of Soviet Republics Establishment October Revolution  - Declared 30 December 1922   - Recognized 1... Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the Blackhorse Regiment. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation[1] (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ...

People

• Adam of Fulda
• Tobias Sammet
• Martin Hohmann
• Ferdinand Braun
• Sebastian Kehl

Adam of Fulda was a German musical author of the second half of the 15th century. ... Tobias Sammet (born November 21, 1977 in Fulda, Germany) is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the German power metal band Edguy, as well as the creator of the metal opera Avantasia. ... Martin Hohmann is a member of parliament for the German opposition party CDU. On October 3, 2003 he made a speech in which he compared the actions of Jews in the 1917 Russian Revolution with those of the Nazis. ... Karl Ferdinand Braun (June 6, 1850 - April 20, 1918) was a German physicist, born in Fulda. ... Sebastian Kehl (born February 13, 1980) is a German Football defender/midfielder who currently plays for Borussia Dortmund. ...

See also

• Annales Fuldenses (The Annals of Fulda)
• Ludwig Fulda (Fulda pedigrees)
• Fulda River
• Fulda (district)
• Fulda, Minnesota

See Fulda (disambiguation)

The Annales Fuldenses or Annals of Fulda is a medieval chronicle compiled at the Abbey of Fulda. ... Categories: Stub | 1862 births | 1939 deaths ... The Fulda is a river in Hesse, Germany. ... Fulda is a Kreis (district) in the north-east of Hesse, Germany. ... Fulda is a city in Murray County, Minnesota, United States. ...

External links

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• Official website of the city
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• Vonderau Museum Fulda
• Fachhochschule Fulda (University of Applied Science)
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