Bad Kissingen (district)

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Bad Kissingen
Statistics
State:Bavaria
Capital:Bad Kissingen
Adm. region:Unterfranken
Area:1139 km²
Inhabitants:109,200 (2002)
pop. density:96 inh./km²
Car identification:KG
Homepage: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 Rhön-Grabfeld, Schweinfurt and Main-Spessart.

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History

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

Geography

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

Coat of arms

Image:Bad kissingen district coa.jpg 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

Towns Municipalities
  1. Bad Brückenau
  2. Bad Kissingen
  3. Hammelburg
  1. Aura
  2. Bad Bocklet
  3. Burkardroth
  4. Elfershausen
  5. Euerdorf
  6. Fuchsstadt
  7. Geroda
  8. Maßbach
  9. Motten
  10. Münnerstadt
  11. Nüdlingen

  1. Oberleichtersbach
  2. Oberthulba
  3. Oerlenbach
  4. Ramsthal
  5. Rannungen
  6. Riedenberg
  7. Schondra
  8. Sulzthal
  9. Thundorf
  10. Wartmannsroth
  11. Wildflecken
  12. Zeitlofs

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Cities and rural districts in the
Federal State of Bavaria in Germany

Cities

Amberg | Ansbach | Aschaffenburg | Augsburg | Bamberg | Bayreuth | Coburg | Erlangen | Fürth | Hof | Ingolstadt | Kaufbeuren | Kempten | Landshut | Memmingen | München (Munich) | Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | Passau | Regensburg | Rosenheim | Schwabach | Schweinfurt | Straubing | Weiden in der Oberpfalz | Würzburg

Rural
districts

Aichach-Friedberg | Altötting | Amberg-Sulzbach | Ansbach (district) | Aschaffenburg | Augsburg | Bad Kissingen
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen | Bamberg | Bayreuth | Berchtesgadener Land | Cham | Coburg | Dachau | Deggendorf | Dillingen
Dingolfing-Landau | Donau-Ries | Ebersberg | Eichstätt | Erding | Erlangen-Höchstadt | Forchheim | Freising | Freyung-Grafenau
Fürstenfeldbruck | Fürth | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Günzburg | Haßberge | Hof | Kelheim | Kitzingen | Kronach | Kulmbach
Landsberg | Landshut | Lichtenfels | Lindau | Main-Spessart | Miesbach | Miltenberg | Mühldorf | München (Munich)
Neuburg-Schrobenhausen | Neumarkt | Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim | Neustadt (Waldnaab) | Neu-Ulm | Nürnberger Land
Oberallgäu | Ostallgäu | Passau | Pfaffenhofen | Regen | Regensburg (district) | Rhön-Grabfeld | Rosenheim (district) | Roth
Rottal-Inn | Schwandorf | Schweinfurt | Starnberg | Straubing-Bogen | Tirschenreuth | Traunstein
Unterallgäu | Weilheim-Schongau | Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen | Wunsiedel | Würzburg

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