Rhön-Grabfeld

Rhön-Grabfeld is a destrict in Bavarie, Germany. It is bundit bi (frae the sootheast an clockwise) the destricts o Hassberge, Schweinfurt an Bad Kissingen, an the states o Hesse (destrict Fulda) an Thuringia (destricts Schmalkalden-Meiningen an Hildburghausen).

History

In medieval times the region wis a pairt o the Bishopric o Würzburg. When the clerical states o Germany wur dissolved in 1803, it fell tae Bavarie. The destrict o Rhön-Grabfeld wis established in 1972, when the umwhile destricts o Bad Neustadt, Königshofen an Mellrichstadt wur mergit.

Geography

The destrict consists o twa destinct auries: The eastren pairts o the Rhön muntains an the Bavarie portion o Grabfeld.

Grabfeld is a fertile region sooth o the Rhön muntains. Literally it means "digfield". Accordin tae local legend a queen ance lost her belovit ring in the Grabfeld. She ordered her servants tae dig up the whole aurie. When the ring wis foond, she was relieved an ordered a ryal estate tae be built whaur it was foond. Later this estate became the ceety o Königshofen.

The source o the Fränkische Saale is locatit in the destrict. The river runs through the destrict frae north tae sooth.

Coat o airms

The coat o airms displays: a croun representin the Grabfeld legend a wavy line representin the Saale River three summit crosses representin the muntains o the Rhön

Touns an municipalities

Touns	Municipalities
Bad Königshofen Bad Neustadt Bischofsheim an der Rhön Fladungen Mellrichstadt Ostheim	Aubstadt Bastheim Burglauer Großbardorf Großeibstadt Hausen Hendungen Herbstadt Heustreu Höchheim Hohenroth Hollstadt Niederlauer Nordheim vor der Rhön Oberelsbach	Oberstreu Rödelmaier Saal an der Saale Salz Sandberg Schönau an der Brend Sondheim Stockheim Strahlungen Sulzdorf Sulzfeld Trappstadt Unsleben Willmars Wollbach Wülfershausen

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid (German)