Fulda (district)

Fulda () is a Kreis (district) in the north-east of Hesse, Germany. 
 History 
The district was created in 1821, when the duchy of Stift Fulda became a province of Hesse, and was split into four districts.   The last change to the district was in 1975, when the Hünfeld district was added to the district.

 Stiffoller  
Arround 1717-1804, People from Stift Fulda went to Hungary, and settled especially in the Komitat Baranya. This subgroup of the Danube Swabians are called Stiffoller,https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311888384
There is also a street named the Stiffollerweg in Petersberg near Fuldahttps://www.meinestadt.de/petersberg-fulda/stadtplan/strasse/stiffollerweg

 Coat of arms 
100px|Coat of armsThe left side of the coat of arms shows a black cross, the sign of the monastery of Fulda. The lion on the right side is taken from the Hesse coat of arms, symbolizing that the district was part of Hesse 1821–1866, and again after 1945. The coat of arms was granted in 1936.

Towns and municipalities
TownsMunicipalitiesFulda
Gersfeld
Hünfeld
Tann (Rhön)Bad Salzschlirf
Burghaun
Dipperz
Ebersburg
Ehrenberg
Eichenzell
Eiterfeld
Flieden
Großenlüder
Hilders<li>Hofbieber
<li>Hosenfeld
<li>Kalbach
<li>Künzell
<li>Neuhof
<li>Nüsttal
<li>Petersberg
<li>Poppenhausen
<li>Rasdorf

 References 

Other websites
 Official website  (German)
 All around information portal of Fulda
 360 degree virtual tour through the Hessian Rhön