Rhön-Grabfeld

Rhön-Grabfeld
District

Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Unterfranken
Capital	Bad Neustadt
Area
• Total	1,022 km² (395 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)^[1]
• Total	79,965
• Density	78/km² (200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	NES
Website	http://www.rhoen-grabfeld.de

Rhön-Grabfeld is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise) the districts of Hassberge, Schweinfurt and Bad Kissingen, and the states of Hesse (district Fulda) and Thuringia (districts Schmalkalden-Meiningen and Hildburghausen).

History

In medieval times the region was a part of the Bishopric of Würzburg. When the clerical states of Germany were dissolved in 1803, it fell to Bavaria. The district of Rhön-Grabfeld was established in 1972, when the former districts of Bad Neustadt, Königshofen and Mellrichstadt were merged.

Geography

The district consists of two distinct areas: The eastern parts of the Rhön mountains and the Bavarian portion of Grabfeld.

Grabfeld is a fertile region south of the Rhön mountains. Literally it means "digfield". According to local legend a queen once lost her beloved ring in the Grabfeld. She ordered her servants to dig up the whole area. When the ring was found, she was relieved and ordered a royal estate to be built where it was found. Later this estate became the city of Königshofen.

The source of the Fränkische Saale is located in the district. The river runs through the district from north to south.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

a crown representing the Grabfeld legend
a wavy line representing the Saale River
three summit crosses representing the mountains of the Rhön

Towns and municipalities

Towns	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

References

↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld.

Official website (German)

Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Bavaria in Germany

Urban districts	Amberg Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bamberg Bayreuth Coburg Erlangen Fürth Hof Ingolstadt Kaufbeuren Kempten Landshut Memmingen München (Munich) Nürnberg (Nuremberg) Passau Regensburg Rosenheim Schwabach Schweinfurt Straubing Weiden Würzburg

Rural districts	Aichach-Friedberg Altötting Amberg-Sulzbach Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bad Kissingen Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Bamberg Bayreuth Berchtesgadener Land Cham Coburg Dachau Deggendorf Dillingen Dingolfing-Landau Donau-Ries Ebersberg Eichstätt Erding Erlangen-Höchstadt Forchheim Freising Freyung-Grafenau Fürstenfeldbruck Fürth Garmisch-Partenkirchen Günzburg Haßberge Hof Kelheim Kitzingen Kronach Kulmbach Landsberg Landshut Lichtenfels Lindau Main-Spessart Miesbach Miltenberg Mühldorf München (Munich) Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Neumarkt Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim Neustadt an der Waldnaab Neu-Ulm Nürnberger Land Oberallgäu Ostallgäu Passau Pfaffenhofen Regen Regensburg Rhön-Grabfeld Rosenheim Roth Rottal-Inn Schwandorf Schweinfurt Starnberg Straubing-Bogen Tirschenreuth Traunstein Unterallgäu Weilheim-Schongau Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Wunsiedel Würzburg

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

Authority control	VIAF: 239899085 GND: 2031940-X

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