Fulda (district)
The Fulda district is a district in the administrative district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany.
It is bordered by the following counties: Hersfeld- Rotenburg ( Hesse), Wartburg district and county Schmalkalden- Meiningen ( Thuringia), Rhön- grave field and Bad Kissingen ( Bavaria ) and Main- Kinzig-Kreis and Vogelsberg (Hessen).
Geography
The core area of the district includes the so-called Fulda Fulda basin. To the east of the low mountain range of the High Rhön with Hesse's highest mountain, the water dome. To the west of the county area are still in the foothills of the Vogelsberg mountains. The name derives from the circle is the Fulda River and the county town of Fulda.
History
The circle Fulda was created in 1821 after the Duchy of Fulda had come in 1816 to the electorate of Hesse and was divided into four districts. In 1866, the Electorate of Hesse and parts of Lower Franconia were annexed by Prussia, the area of the electorate to the new Region of Kassel the Prussian province of Hesse -Nassau was. The current county area was divided into the districts Fulda, Gersfeld and Hünfeld, the circle Gersfeld had been formed out of the former Bavarian district office Gersfeld.
1927 retired from the city of Fulda Fulda from the circle and circle was free. 1932, the district Fulda was combined with the circle Gersfeld. As part of the Hessian local government reform in 1972, the numerous smaller communities were united in the district for a total of 23 large municipalities. Two years later, in 1974, the city of Fulda again lost its status as an independent city and was incorporated into the district of Fulda. 1975 parts of the district Hünfeld were finally connected the circle Fulda (district of Haunetal was the Hersfeld- Rotenburg connected), so that this reaching its present extension.
Policy
The district of Fulda is a traditional stronghold of the CDU. This status is also reflected in the composition of the current County Council.
Council
The council of the district of Fulda consists of 81 members. The municipal election held 27 March 2011 yielded the following voting or distribution of seats at 41.1 percent voter turnout ( numbers in comparison to the local elections of 26 March 2006):
Country councils of the old district of Fulda (1821-1972)
Country councils of the district Fulda since the 1972 local government reorganization
Since 1 February 2006, Bernd Woide is (CDU ) District Administrator of Fulda. His last re-election took place on 4 September 2011, with a vote share of 72.1 per cent with a turnout of 30.5 percent.
Coat of arms
Blazon: " split from silver and blue; forward the solid black fuldische Cross, behind the Hessian lion " (Coat Ceremony in 1936 and again on July 9, 1973)
The crest thus brings the old membership of today's circle area to the pin Fulda and later belonging to the Electorate of Hesse expressed or country.
Sponsorships
1962 sponsorship was taken over for the Sudeten Germans expelled from the circle Friedland. 1965 sponsorship was taken over for the Sudeten Germans expelled from the circle Leitmeritz.
Traffic
The train station of Fulda is an important railway junction and also serves as a stop on the high-speed line Hannover- Würzburg. By the district run the railways Fulda and Frankfurt, Fulda - Bebra, Fulda Fulda Gersfeld and casting. The Federal Highway 7 (Kassel -Würzburg ) and Federal Highway 66 (Frankfurt- Fulda, not yet consistently passable ) open up the county for the highway traffic. To the network of federal roads, state roads and county roads in the district include notably the federal highways B 27, B 40, B 84, B 254, B 279 and B 458
Cities and Towns
(Population at 31 December 2012)
Cities
Market towns
Communities