Fulda () is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (Kreis).

History

Early Middle Ages 
The Benedictine monastery of Fulda was founded in 744 by Saint Sturm, a disciple of Saint Boniface, when Boniface was reorganising the church in Germany.

From its foundation, the abbey Fulda and its territory was subject only to the German emperor, not to the control of the local lords. Fulda was made 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 in 1802.

From 1764 until 1789 Fulda had a porcelain factory. Because of its quality and rarity, it is much prized by collectors. The factory was begun under Prince-Bishop, Prince-Abbot Heinrich von Bibra and closed down shortly after his death by his successor, Prince-Bishop, Prince-Abbot Adalbert von Harstall.

Rulers of Fulda until Secularization

Abbots
 St. Sturmius 744-779
 Baugulf 779-802
 Ratgar 802-817
 Eigil of Fulda 818-822
 Rabanus Maurus 822-842
 Hatto I 842-856
 Thioto 856-869
 Sigihart 869-891
 Huoggi 891-915
 Helmfried 915-916
 Haicho 917-923
 Hiltibert 923-927
 Hadamar 927-956
 Hatto II 956-968
 Werinheri 968-982
 Branthoh I 982-991
 Hatto III 991-997
 Erkanbald 997-1011
 Branthoh II 1011-1013
 Poppo 1013-1018, also Abbot of Lorsch (Franconian Babenberger)
 Richard 1018-1039
 Sigiwart 1039-1043
 Rohing 1043-1047
 Egbert 1047-1058
 Siegfrid I von Mainz (Sigfried von Eppenstein) 1058-1060
 Widerad von Eppenstein 1060-1075
 Ruothart 1075-1096
 Godefrid 1096-1109
 Wolfhelm 1109-1114
 Erlolf of Bergholz 1114-1122
 Ulrich of Kemnaten 1122-1126
 Heinrich I of Kemnaten 1126-1132
 Bertho I of Schlitz 1132-1134
 Konrad I 1134-1140
 Aleholf 1140-1148
 Rugger I 1148
 Heinrich II of Bingarten 1148-1149
 Markward I. 1150-1165
 Gernot of Fulda 1165
 Hermann 1165-1168
 Burchard Graf von Nürings 1168-1176
 Rugger II 1176-1177
 Konrad II 1177-1192
 Heinrich III of Kronberg im Taunus 1192-1216
 Hartmann I 1216-1217
 Kuno 1217-1221

Prince-Abbots
 Konrad III von Malkes 1221-1249
 Heinrich IV von Erthal 1249-1261
 Bertho II von Leibolz 1261-1271
 Bertho III von Mackenzell 1271-1272
 Bertho IV von Biembach 1273-1286
 Markward II von Bickenbach 1286-1288
 Heinrich V Graf von Weilnau 1288-1313
 Eberhard von Rotenstein 1313-1315
 Heinrich VI von Hohenberg 1315-1353
 Heinrich VII von Kranlucken 1353-1372
 Konrad IV Graf von Hanau 1372-1383
 Friedrich I von Romrod 1383-1395
 Johann I von Merlau 1395-1440
 Hermann II von Buchenau 1440-1449
 Reinhard Graf von Weilnau 1449-1472
 Johann II Graf von Henneberg-Schleusingen 1472-1513
 Hartmann I Burggraf von Kirchberg 1513-1521/29
 Johann III. Graf von Henneberg-Schleusingen 1521/29-1541
 Philipp Schenk zu Schweinsberg 1541-1550
 Wolfgang Dietrich von Eusigheim 1550-1558
 Wolfgang Schutzbar (named Milchling) 1558-1567
 Philipp Georg Schenk zu Schweinsberg 1567-1568
 Wilhelm Hartmann von Klauer zu Wohra 1568-1570
 Balthasar von Dernbach (nanmed Grauel) 1570-1576, 1602-1606
 Johann Friedrich von Schwalbach 1606-1622
 Johann Bernhard Schenk zu Schweinsberg 1623-1632
 Johann Adolf von Hoheneck 1633-1635
 Hermann Georg von Neuhof (named Ley) 1635-1644
 Joachim Graf von Gravenegg 1644-1671
 Cardinal Gustav Adolf (Baden) (Bernhard Gustav Markgraf von Baden-Durlach) 1671-1677
 Placidus von Droste 1678-1700
 Adalbert I von Schleifras 1700-1714
 Konstantin von Buttlar 1714-1726
 Adolphus von Dalberg 1726-1737

 Amand von Buseck, 1737-1756, Prince-Bishop starting 1752
 Adalbert II. von Walderdorff 1757-1759
 Heinrich VIII. von Bibra, 1759-1788
 Adalbert von Harstall, 1789-1814, Prince-Bishop until 1802

People
 Adam of Fulda
 Tobias Sammet
 Martin Hohmann
 Ferdinand Braun
 Sebastian Kehl
 Marcel Lehmann
 Franz Kaspar (or Caspar) Lieblein
 Max Stern
 Dirk Sauer
 Father Gereon Goldmann
 Edguy

Related pages
 Annales Fuldenses (The Annals of Fulda)
 Diocese of Fulda
 Flora fuldensis (The Flowers of Fulda)
 Ludwig Fulda (Fulda pedigrees)
 Fulda Symphonic Orchestra
 Fulda River
 Fulda (district)
 Fulda, Minnesota

References

Other websites 

 Official website of the city
 360degree virtual tour through downtown Fulda 
 Vonderau Museum Fulda
 Hochschule Fulda (University of Applied Science) 
 Institut of interdisziplinary Research - inter.research e.V. 

Fulda (district)