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 eedit

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 eedit

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 eedit

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 eedit

Touns Municipalities
  1. Bad Königshofen
  2. Bad Neustadt
  3. Bischofsheim an der Rhön
  4. Fladungen
  5. Mellrichstadt
  6. Ostheim
  1. Aubstadt
  2. Bastheim
  3. Burglauer
  4. Großbardorf
  5. Großeibstadt
  6. Hausen
  7. Hendungen
  8. Herbstadt
  9. Heustreu
  10. Höchheim
  11. Hohenroth
  12. Hollstadt
  13. Niederlauer
  14. Nordheim vor der Rhön
  15. Oberelsbach
  1. Oberstreu
  2. Rödelmaier
  3. Saal an der Saale
  4. Salz
  5. Sandberg
  6. Schönau an der Brend
  7. Sondheim
  8. Stockheim
  9. Strahlungen
  10. Sulzdorf
  11. Sulzfeld
  12. Trappstadt
  13. Unsleben
  14. Willmars
  15. Wollbach
  16. Wülfershausen

References eedit

Freemit airtins eedit

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Coordinates: 50°20′N 10°15′E / 50.33°N 10.25°E / 50.33; 10.25