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Bad Hersfeld
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Kassel
District	Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Population	30,490 (2004)
Area	73.82 km²
Population density	413 /km²
Elevation	212 m
Coordinates	50°52′ N 9°42′ E
Postal code	36251
Area code	06621
Licence plate code	HEF
Mayor	Hartmut H. Boehmer
Website	bad-hersfeld.de

Bad Hersfeld is a spa town in the north-eastern region of Hesse in Germany. It is located on the Fulda River and it is capital of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Surrounding towns are Kassel in the north, Fulda in the south and Eisenach in the east. Image File history File links Wappen_Bad_Hersfeld. ... Image File history File links Karte_bad_hersfeld_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 (singular Land). ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is a state of Germany with an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... 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. ... Hersfeld-Rotenburg is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. ... 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). ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... 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. ... now. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... A spa town is a town frequented, in times past, for health reasons, to take the waters. The name derives from the Belgian town Spa, and in continental Europe, a spa was known as a ville deau (town of water). ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is a state of Germany with an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... The Fulda is a river in Hesse, Germany. ... Hersfeld-Rotenburg is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. ... Watershed of the river Weser Kassel (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River, one of the two sources of the Weser river, in northern Hessen in west-central Germany. ... Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (Kreis). ... Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. ...

Position: 50°52' north, 9°42' east. Elevation: 200 to 408 m. Area: 73.82 km². Population: about 30650.

Town districts: Bad Hersfeld (the old town), Eichhof, Asbach, Heenes, Hohe Luft, Johannesberg, Beiershausen, Allmershausen, Kathus, Sorga, Kohlhausen and Petersberg.

The town is well known for the Bad Hersfeld Festival which takes place every summer in the ruined church of the Benedictine abbey. Further on there are famous mineral springs. This article is about the Roman Catholic order; see also Benedictine Confederation and Benedictine. ... A natural spring on Mackinac Island in Michigan. ...

Since German reunification the town has been situated in the center of Germany. For this reason the town and the district have become a focal point for logistic and distribution companies. The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) took place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR, in English commonly called East Germany) were incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, in...

Transportation: Autobahn A 4, A5 and A 7. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

Old Town of Bad Hersfeld, taken from the Tageberg

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2403x1410, 351 KB) Blick über die Altstadt von Bad Hersfeld, im Vordergrund ist das ehemalige Kasernengebäude (heute Finanzamt) von 1870 zu sehen, dahinter Stiftsruine und im Hintergrund der Turm der Stadtkirche, er ist das Wahrzeichen von Bad Hersfeld. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2403x1410, 351 KB) Blick über die Altstadt von Bad Hersfeld, im Vordergrund ist das ehemalige Kasernengebäude (heute Finanzamt) von 1870 zu sehen, dahinter Stiftsruine und im Hintergrund der Turm der Stadtkirche, er ist das Wahrzeichen von Bad Hersfeld. ...

History

see main article Hersfeld Abbey

Saint Sturm established a small monastic community here in 736, but this moved to Fulda. It was re-settled here in 769 by Saint Lullus. Thus both Sturm and Lullus are regarded as the founders of Hersfeld Abbey, and consequently of the town which grew up round it, the present Bad Hersfeld. Lullus was born in Wessex and became monk at Malmesbury Abbey. He was a disciple of Saint Boniface and his successor as the archbishop of Mainz. He died in 786 in Bad Hersfeld and was buried in the abbey church, which he himself had built. 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. ... Saint Sturm (Sturmius) was disciple of St. ... The Kegon school of Buddhism arrives in Japan via Korea, when Rōben invites the Korean monk Simsang to lecture, and formally founds Japans Kegon tradition in the Tōdaiji temple. ... Events Pope Stephen IV holds a council. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Map of the British Isles circa 802 Wessex was one of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (the Heptarchy) that preceded the Kingdom of England. ... Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, was founded as a Benedictine monastery in c. ... For the Roman general of this name, see Bonifacius. ... Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Events September 14 - Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi, and appoints Salim Yunisi as the Abbasid governor of Sindh and the Indus Valley A council is organized in Constantinople, but disturbed by soldiers Beatus of Liébana, Spanish monk, publishes his...

The monastery was enlarged between 831 and 850 and Lullus' remains were moved in 852 to another grave in the new basilica. During this ceremony his canonisation was announced by Rabanus Maurus. Since 852, the "Lullusfest", the oldest folk festival in Germany, has been celebrated in the week of Saint Lullus' day, 16 October (his day of death). Events Malamir succeeds Omurtag as Khan of Bulgaria The Saracens capture Palermo. ... Events April 20 - Guntherus becomes Bishop of Cologne. ... Events Boris I Michael succeeds the duumvirate of Malamir and Presian as monarch of Bulgaria. ... This article discusses the process of declaring saints. ... Rabanus Maurus (left) presents his work to Otgar of Mainz Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ...

Martin Luther visited the monastery, on his way back from the Diet of Worms in 1521 and held a sermon in the abbey church on 1 May. About two years later, the town and the territory of the abbey was generally protestant. Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546) was a German monk,[1] priest, professor, theologian, and church reformer. ... Luther Before the Diet of Worms, photogravure after the historicist painting by Anton von Werner (1843-1915) in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart The Diet of Worms was a general assembly (a Diet) of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire that took place in Worms, a small town on the Rhine... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Protestantism is one of three main groups within Christianity. ...

During the Seven Years' War the French army used the former abbey church as a supply and food depot. During their retreat in 1761 they destroyed their supplies by setting fire to the building, thus also destroying one of the largest churches in Germany. Since 1951, the Bad Hersfeld Festival has taken place in the ruins of the Romanesque church. Combatants Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Great Britain Hanover Kingdom of Ireland Portugal Brunswick Hesse-Kassel Austria France Russia Sweden Spain Saxony The Seven Years War (1754 and 1756–1763), some of the theatres of which are called the Pomeranian War and the French and Indian War (see below), was... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Interior of the Saint-Saturnin church St-Sernin basilica, Toulouse, 1080 – 1120: elevation of the east end Romanesque sculpture, cloister of St. ...

In 1949 the town was officially acknowledged as a spa, and to indicate this its name was changed to Bad Hersfeld. The waters of the Lullus and Vitalis wells are recommended as helpful for people suffering from liver, bilious and stomach complaints or from enteritis. 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...

Twin towns

Bad Hersfeld is twinned with: Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

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External links

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• Official website of Bad Hersfeld
• Bad Hersfeld Festival
• Administration of medicinal treatment
• Lullusfest in Bad Hersfeld
• Radio Lolls (local radio station)