Bad Kissingen (district) (original) (raw)
Statistics
State: Bavaria
Adm. Region: Unterfranken
Capital: Bad Kissingen
Area: 1139 km²
Inhabitants: 109,200 (2002)
pop. density: 96 inh./km²
Car identification: KG
Website: landkreis-badkissingen.de
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Bad Kissingen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the district Main-Kinzig and Fulda in Hesse, and the districts of Rh�n-Grabfeld, Schweinfurt and Main-Spessart.

History

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Bad Kissingen, Bad Br�ckenau and Hammelburg.

Geography

The district is located in the southern portion of the Rh�n Mountains. The Frankish Saale River (an affluent of the Main) enters the district in the north and leaves to the southwest.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays: top: three icons symbolising the three spas of the district left: the eagle as well as the red and white pattern are from the arms of the county of Henneberg, which ruled the territory in the Middle Ages right: the cross from the arms of Fulda

Towns and municipalities

Bad Br�ckenauBad KissingenHammelburg Municipalities Aura Bad Bocklet Burkardroth Elfershausen Euerdorf Fuchsstadt Geroda Ma�bach Motten M�nnerstadt N�dlingen Oberleichtersbach Oberthulba Oerlenbach Ramsthal Rannungen Riedenberg Schondra Sulzthal Thundorf Wartmannsroth Wildflecken Zeitlofs