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Fulda
City
Aerial view of the city center
Aerial view of the city center
Coat of arms of Fulda
Coat of arms
Location of Fulda within Fulda district

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Fulda is located in Germany
Fulda
Fulda
Fulda is located in Hesse
Fulda
Fulda
Coordinates: 50°33′3″N 9°40′31″E / 50.55083°N 9.67528°E / 50.55083; 9.67528
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionKassel
DistrictFulda
Founded744
Government
 • Lord mayor (2021–27) Dr. Heiko Wingenfeld[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total104.04 km2 (40.17 sq mi)
Elevation
261 m (856 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total69,968
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
36001–36043
Dialling codes0661
Vehicle registrationFD
Websitewww.fulda.de

Fulda (German pronunciation: [ˈfʊlda]) (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (Kreis). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.

History

Middle Ages

The army gate, built around 1150, on the city side of the city palace, from which you walked past the abbot's castle out of the city to get to the Via Regia
Main article: Princely Abbey of Fulda

In 744 Saint Sturm, a disciple of Saint Boniface, founded the Benedictine monastery of Fulda as one of Boniface's outposts in the reorganization of the church in Germany.[3] The initial grant for the abbey was signed by Carloman, Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia (in office 741–47), the son of Charles Martel.[4] The support of the Mayors of the Palace, and later of 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 from 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 near Fulda. In 751, Boniface and his disciple and successor Lullus obtained an exemption for Fulda, having it placed directly under the Papal See and making it independent of interference by bishops or worldly princes. The monastery school became a renowned center of learning.[5]

St Boniface baptizing and undergoing martyrdom – from the Sacramentary of Fulda

After his martyrdom by the Frisians in 754, 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 Hamelin. Meanwhile, Saint Lullus, successor of Boniface as archbishop of Mainz, tried to absorb the abbey into his archbishopric, but failed.

Between 790 and 819 the community rebuilt the main abbey church to more fittingly house the relics. They based their new basilica on the original 4th-century (since demolished) Old St. Peter's Basilica 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. Rabanus Maurus served as abbot at Fulda from 822 to 842.[6] Fulda Abbey owned such works as the Res Gestae by the fourth-century Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus and the Codex Fuldensis, as well as works by Cicero, Servius, Bede and Sulpicius Severus.

Counter-Reformation

Fulda in the 16th century

Prince-abbot Balthasar von Dernbach adopted a policy of Counter-Reformation. In 1571 he called in the Jesuits to found a school and college. He insisted the members of the chapter should return to a monastic form of life. Whereas his predecessors had tolerated Protestantism, resulting in most of the citizenry of Fulda and a large portion of the principality's countryside professing Lutheranism, Balthasar ordered his subjects either to return to the Catholic faith or leave his territories.[7] He also ordered the Fulda witch trials, in which hundreds of people, including a number of crypto-Protestants were arrested on charges of witchcraft alongside others.[8]

18th and 19th centuries

The foundation of the abbey of Fulda and its territory originated with an Imperial grant, and the sovereign principality therefore was subject only to the German emperor. Fulda became a bishopric in 1752 and the prince-abbots were given the additional title of prince-bishop. The prince-abbots (and later prince-bishops) ruled Fulda and the surrounding region until the bishopric was forcibly dissolved by Napoleon I in 1802.

The city went through a baroque building campaign in the 18th century, resulting in the current "Baroque City" status. This included a remodeling of Fulda Cathedral (1704–12)[9] and of the Stadtschloss (Fulda Castle-Palace, 1707–12) by Johann Dientzenhofer. The city parish church, St. Blasius, was built between 1771 and 1785. In 1764 a porcelain factory was started in Fulda under Prince-Bishop, Prince-Abbot Heinrich von Bibra, but shortly after his death it was closed down in 1789 by his successor, Prince-Bishop, Prince-Abbot Adalbert von Harstall.[10]

The city was given to Prince William Frederick of Orange-Nassau (the later King William I of the Netherlands) in 1803 (as part of the short-lived Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda), was annexed to the Grand Duchy of Berg in 1806, and in 1809 to the Principality of Frankfurt. After the Congress of Vienna of 1814–15, most of the territory went to the Electorate of Hesse, which Prussia annexed in 1866.[11]

20th century

From 1938 to 1943, Fulda was the location of a Nazi forced labour camp for Romani people.[12]

Fulda lends its name to the Fulda Gap, a traditional east–west invasion route used by Napoleon I and others. During the Cold War, it was presumed to be an invasion route for any conventional war between NATO and Soviet forces. Downs Barracks in Fulda was the headquarters of the American 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment, later replaced by the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. The cavalry had as many as 3,000 soldiers from the end of World War II until 1993. Not all those soldiers were in Fulda proper, but scattered over observation posts and in the cities of Bad Kissingen and Bad Hersfeld. The strategic importance of this region, along the border between East and West Germany, led to a large United States and Soviet military presence.[13]

Politics

Fulda has traditionally been a conservative Catholic city, with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda being based in the city cathedral. During the time of the German Empire and Weimar Republic, the city was a stronghold for the Centre Party. After the end of World War II, in addition to all mayors, Fulda's constituency seats have been safe seats for CDU in both the Landtag of Hesse (District X 1946–1950, District 14 1950–1983, Fulda I since 1983) and Bundestag (Fulda electoral district). The CDU has never received less than 42.4 percent of the vote in communal elections since 1946.

Oberbürgermeister (Lord mayor) Department I (head and personnel administration, finance, committee work, culture, business development, city marketing, investments)

  • Cuno Raabe (CDU): 1946–1956
  • Alfred Dregger (CDU): 1956–1970
  • Dr. Wolfgang Hamberger (CDU): 1970–1998
  • Dr. Alois Rhiel (CDU): 1998–2003
  • Gerhard Möller (CDU): 2003–2015
  • Heiko Wingenfeld (CDU): 2015–

Department II (public security and order, family, youth, schools, sports, social affairs, seniors)

  • Karl Ehser: 1934–1945
  • Karl Schmitt: 1946–1948
  • Heinrich Gellings: 1948–1969
  • Dr. Wolfgang Hamberger: 1969–1970
  • Dr. Tilman Pünder: 1971–1980
  • Lutz von Pufendorf: 1981–1984
  • Dr. Alois Rhiel: 1984–1989
  • Josef H. Mayer: 1990–1995
  • Oda Scheibelhuber: 1995–1999
  • Bernd Woide: 1999–2003
  • Dr. Wolfgang Dippel: 2004–2014
  • Dag Wehner (CDU): 2014–

Landtag (state parliament)

  • Cuno Raabe (CDU): 1946–1962, elected in 1946, 1950, 1954 and 1958
  • Alfred Dregger (CDU): 1962–1972, elected in 1962, 1966 and 1970, resigned to accept Bundestag mandate
  • Winfried Rippert (CDU): 1972–1999, appointed in 1972, elected in 1974, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1991 and 1995
  • Walter Arnold (CDU): 1999-2004 and again 2009–2018, elected in 1999, 2003; resigned in 2004; elected in 2009 and 2013
  • Margarete Ziegler-Raschdorf (CDU): 2004–2009, appointed in 2004, elected in 2008
  • Thomas Hering (CDU): 2018-, elected in 2018

Bundestag (federal parliament)

  • Anton Sabel (CDU): 1949–1957, elected in 1949 and 1953
  • Hermann Götz (CDU): 1957–1976, elected in 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969 and 1972
  • Alfred Dregger (CDU): 1976–1998, elected in 1976, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1990 and 1994
  • Martin Hohmann (CDU): 1998–2005, elected in 1998 and 2002; expelled from CDU in 2003 for anti-Semitic remarks
  • Michael Brand (CDU): 2005-, elected in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021

Source:[14]

Between 1927 and 1974, Fulda was a district-free city (Kreisfreie Stadt). Since 1974, it has been included in the eponymous district as a city with special status (Stadt mit Sonderstatus), a distinction it shares with six other Hessian cities, meaning that it takes on tasks more usually performed by the district.

Transport

Main railway station

Fulda station is a transport hub and interchange point between local and long-distance traffic of the German railway network, and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station.[15] It is on the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway; the North–South line (Nord-Süd-Strecke), comprising the Bebra–Fulda line north of Fulda, and the Kinzig Valley Railway and Fulda–Main Railway to the south; the Vogelsberg Railway, which connects to the hills of the Vogelsberg in the west; and the Fulda–Gersfeld Railway (Rhön Railway) to Gersfeld in the Rhön Mountains to the east.

Fulda is on the Bundesautobahn 7 (BAB 7). Bundesautobahn 66 starts at the interchange with the BAB 7, heading south towards Frankfurt. Fulda is also on the Bundesstraße 27.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Fulda is twinned with:[16]

Notable people

Pre-1800

Anton Storch

1801–1850

Ferdinand Braun

1851–1900

1901–1950

1951–present

Gallery

  • City palace garden
    City palace garden
  • Fulda Cathedral
    Fulda Cathedral
  • Statue of Saint Boniface (1830) in Fulda
    Statue of Saint Boniface (1830) in Fulda
  • Fulda in 1850
    Fulda in 1850
  • Entrance of the Stadtschloss (City Palace)
    Entrance of the Stadtschloss (City Palace)
  • Old City Hall
    Old City Hall
  • Orangerie
    Orangerie
  • Kloster Frauenberg (Fulda), a Franciscan monastery
    Kloster Frauenberg (Fulda), a Franciscan monastery
  • St. Michael's Church
    St. Michael's Church
  • Baroque Adelspalais
    Baroque Adelspalais
  • Old University of Fulda: Adolphs-Universität Fulda, today the Adolf von Dalberg School
    Old University of Fulda: Adolphs-Universität Fulda, today the Adolf von Dalberg School
  • Looking east toward Fulda over the rich farmlands
    Looking east toward Fulda over the rich farmlands
  • Weser river watershed, showing Fulda river and the city of Fulda
    Weser river watershed, showing Fulda river and the city of Fulda
  • St. Paul's Gate, viewed from the south
    St. Paul's Gate, viewed from the south

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in Deutsch). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ^ "The Monastery of Fulda". The Catholic World, A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science, (1878). 28 (165). 301-309.
  4. ^ Frassetto, Michael. Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in Transformation, ABC-CLIO, 2003
  5. ^ Hraban Maur in Monumenta Germaniae Historica Poetaes Latini Aevi CarolingiII, poem 13.
  6. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hrabanus Maurus Magnentius". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 842.
  7. ^ Otto Schaffrath. Fürstabt Balthasar von Dermbach und seine Zeit. Studien zur Geschichte der Gegenreformation in Fulda (= Veröffentlichung des Fuldaer Geschichtsvereins. Bd. 44, ZDB-ID 517272-x). Parzeller, Fulda 1967, mit umfangreicher Literaturübersicht.(in German)
  8. ^ Stuart Clark, William Monter, Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 4: The Period of the Witch Trials
  9. ^ L. Pfaff: Der Dom zu Fulda., publ. J. L. Ath, 1855, p.19
  10. ^ Maggetti, Marino; Serneels, Vincent; Stasch, Georg (2015-06-01). "Composition and technology of 18th century high magnesia faïences from Fulda". Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 2: 40–50. Bibcode:2015JArSR...2...40M. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2014.12.004. ISSN 2352-409X.
  11. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Fulda" . The American Cyclopædia.
  12. ^ "Fulda" (in Deutsch). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  13. ^ Brown, Jerold E., ed. (2001). Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Army. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 209–10. ISBN 9780313293221.
  14. ^ "Oberbürgermeister" (in Deutsch). City of Fulda. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in Deutsch). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  16. ^ "Partnerstädte". fulda.de (in Deutsch). Fulda. Retrieved 2019-11-30.

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