Fulda

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Fulda (IPA: [ˈfʊlda]) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (Kreis).

History

Early Middle Ages

The Benedictine monastery of Fulda was founded in 744 by Saint Sturm, a disciple of Saint Boniface, when Boniface was reorganising the church in Germany.

From its foundation, the abbey Fulda and its territory was subject only to the German emperor, not to the control of the local lords. Fulda was made a bishopric in 1752 and the prince-abbots were given the additional title of prince-bishop. The prince-abbots (and later prince-bishops) ruled Fulda and the surrounding region until the bishopric was forcibly dissolved by Napoleon in 1802.

Engraving of Fulda by Matthäus Merian 1655

From 1764 until 1789 Fulda had a porcelain factory. Because of its quality and rarity, it is much prized by collectors. The factory was begun under Prince-Bishop, Prince-Abbot Heinrich von Bibra and closed down shortly after his death by his successor, Prince-Bishop, Prince-Abbot Adalbert von Harstall.

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 Stifolder or Stiffoller,^[1] There is also a street named the Stiffollerweg in Petersberg near Fulda^[2]

Rulers of Fulda until Secularization

Cathedral of Fulda.

Statue of Saint Boniface (1830) at Fulda, Germany

Prince-Abbot, Prince-Bishop Heinrich VIII von Bibra by his court painter, Johann Andreas Herrlein

Abbots

St. Sturmius 744-779
Baugulf 779-802
Ratgar 802-817
Eigil of Fulda 818-822
Rabanus Maurus 822-842
Hatto I 842-856
Thioto 856-869
Sigihart 869-891
Huoggi 891-915
Helmfried 915-916
Haicho 917-923
Hiltibert 923-927
Hadamar 927-956
Hatto II 956-968
Werinheri 968-982
Branthoh I 982-991
Hatto III 991-997
Erkanbald 997-1011
Branthoh II 1011-1013
Poppo 1013-1018, also Abbot of Lorsch (Franconian Babenberger)
Richard 1018-1039
Sigiwart 1039-1043
Rohing 1043-1047
Egbert 1047-1058
Siegfrid I von Mainz (Sigfried von Eppenstein) 1058-1060
Widerad von Eppenstein 1060-1075
Ruothart 1075-1096
Godefrid 1096-1109
Wolfhelm 1109-1114
Erlolf of Bergholz 1114-1122
Ulrich of Kemnaten 1122-1126
Heinrich I of Kemnaten 1126-1132
Bertho I of Schlitz 1132-1134
Konrad I 1134-1140
Aleholf 1140-1148
Rugger I 1148
Heinrich II of Bingarten 1148-1149
Markward I. 1150-1165
Gernot of Fulda 1165
Hermann 1165-1168
Burchard Graf von Nürings 1168-1176
Rugger II 1176-1177
Konrad II 1177-1192
Heinrich III of Kronberg im Taunus 1192-1216
Hartmann I 1216-1217
Kuno 1217-1221

Prince-Abbots

Konrad III von Malkes 1221-1249
Heinrich IV von Erthal 1249-1261
Bertho II von Leibolz 1261-1271
Bertho III von Mackenzell 1271-1272
Bertho IV von Biembach 1273-1286
Markward II von Bickenbach 1286-1288
Heinrich V Graf von Weilnau 1288-1313
Eberhard von Rotenstein 1313-1315
Heinrich VI von Hohenberg 1315-1353
Heinrich VII von Kranlucken 1353-1372
Konrad IV Graf von Hanau 1372-1383
Friedrich I von Romrod 1383-1395
Johann I von Merlau 1395-1440
Hermann II von Buchenau 1440-1449
Reinhard Graf von Weilnau 1449-1472
Johann II Graf von Henneberg-Schleusingen 1472-1513
Hartmann I Burggraf von Kirchberg 1513-1521/29
Johann III. Graf von Henneberg-Schleusingen 1521/29-1541
Philipp Schenk zu Schweinsberg 1541-1550
Wolfgang Dietrich von Eusigheim 1550-1558
Wolfgang Schutzbar (named Milchling) 1558-1567
Philipp Georg Schenk zu Schweinsberg 1567-1568
Wilhelm Hartmann von Klauer zu Wohra 1568-1570
Balthasar von Dernbach (nanmed Grauel) 1570-1576, 1602-1606
Johann Friedrich von Schwalbach 1606-1622
Johann Bernhard Schenk zu Schweinsberg 1623-1632
Johann Adolf von Hoheneck 1633-1635
Hermann Georg von Neuhof (named Ley) 1635-1644
Joachim Graf von Gravenegg 1644-1671
Cardinal Gustav Adolf (Baden) (Bernhard Gustav Markgraf von Baden-Durlach) 1671-1677
Placidus von Droste 1678-1700
Adalbert I von Schleifras 1700-1714
Konstantin von Buttlar 1714-1726
Adolphus von Dalberg 1726-1737

Fulda, c. 1830

Amand von Buseck, 1737-1756, Prince-Bishop starting 1752
Adalbert II. von Walderdorff 1757-1759
Heinrich VIII. von Bibra, 1759-1788
Adalbert von Harstall, 1789-1814, Prince-Bishop until 1802

People

Fulda Media

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Der Bahnhof in Fulda wurde 1946-54 auf den Grundmauern des zerstörten Vorgängerbaus errichtet.
- For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme.
Karl Ferdinand Braun
This photograph was taken with a Nikon D7000
Ansicht des Bonifatiusplatzes mit Bonifatiusdenkmal und Hauptwache in Fulda, 1850