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 
TounsMunicipalities 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<li>Oberstreu
<li>Rödelmaier
<li>Saal an der Saale
<li>Salz
<li>Sandberg
<li>Schönau an der Brend
<li>Sondheim
<li>Stockheim
<li>Strahlungen
<li>Sulzdorf
<li>Sulzfeld
<li>Trappstadt
<li>Unsleben
<li>Willmars
<li>Wollbach
<li>Wülfershausen

 References 

 Freemit airtins 

 Offeecial wabsteid (German)

Category:Destricts o Bavarie
Category:Rhön Muntains