Fulda - Fulda

Fulda is a city of Hessen.

To know

The origin of the name Fulda is unclear. The most probable origin is a so-called hydronymy (denomination of a watercourse) from the Old Saxon folda (earth, soil) and the basic word -aha, related to the Latin term aqua and which appears in many German river names.

Geographical notes

The city is located on the Fulda River near the borders of the Thuringia and of Bavaria, wedged between the Rhön mountains to the east and the Vogelsberg West.

Fulda borders the municipalities of Petersberg, Künzell is Eichenzell.

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Religious architectures

• Church of San Michele (Michaelskirche). Fulda preserves from 1000 AD. the Romanesque church of San Michele, one of the oldest ecclesiastical buildings in the Germany. Just as the basilica of Ratgar served in the past as a burial place. The interior of the church of San Michele is decorated with frescoes. 
• Church of Sant'Andrea (St. Andreas Kirche). The recently restored crypt is from the time of the Brass. It is a very well preserved work of art and preserves one of the oldest murals north of the Alps. Sant'Andrea, a building dating back to the year 1020, was once a monastery. 
• Cathedral of San Salvatore in Fulda (Dom St. Salvator zu Fulda). The Cathedral of Fulda is the symbol of the city. Inside the Cathedral there is among other things the tomb of San Bonifacio, the first apostle of the Germans. The architectural plans of the building were made in the year 1700 by one of the most important German Baroque artists, Johann Dientzenhofer (1663-1726), on behalf of the abbot-prince Adalbert von Schleifras. The previous building, the Basilica of Ratgar, in the past the largest basilica north of the Alps, was demolished to build the Cathedral, whose construction in Baroque style began in 1704. On August 15, 1712 the Cathedral was consecrated. The internal structure of the Duomo is inspired by the basilica of San Pietro a Rome. 
• Domdechanei (Dechanei). The Dechanei and the adjoining garden are located in the immediate vicinity of the Cathedral of Fulda. Today a lapidary can be seen there. The Duomo museum is housed in one section of the building. 
• Frauenberg monastery. Dated (1758-1765): being the favorite place of St. Boniface, the monastery of Frauenberg received the name of Bischofsberg (mountain of the bishop). Very soon the wooden chapel of Abbot Ratgar (802-817) was replaced by a stone church. Until 1525 the Frauenberg monastery was one of the Propsteien of Fulda. The Franciscan monks have resided on the Frauenberg hill since March 31, 1623. In 1757 the monastery and the church were caught in a fire that spread to the prince's building; the monastery therefore took on its baroque appearance during its reconstruction between 1758 and 1765. 
• Parish church of San Blasio (Stadtpfarrkirche St. Blasius). After the old church was razed to the ground in 1771 by the will of the prince-bishop Heinrich von Bibra, a baroque church was built. The architectural plan is by the Jesuit father Andreas Anderjoch. The consecration took place on August 17, 1785. 
• Church of the Holy Spirit (Heilig-Geist-Kirche). The current Baroque church of the Holy Spirit, built by the will of the prince-abbot Adolf von Dalberg, served as a hospital church in place of the previous Gothic church from the 13th century. 
• Severikirche. The church was built in the Gothic style between 1438 and 1445. Between 1620 and 1623 the building was used as the first monastic church of the Franciscans called to Fulda. It was for a short time the Benedictine church from 1626. 
• Benedictine Abbey of Santa Maria (Benediktinerinnenabtei zur Heiligen Maria). The Benedictine abbey is a Benedictine monastery located in the center of Fulda. Its construction was commissioned in 1626 by the prince-abbot Johann Bernhard Schenck zu Schweinsberg (1623-1632). The monastic church, built between 1629 and 1631, has a late Gothic and Renaissance style. Sisters of the Benedictine order still reside there today. 
• San Bonifacio a Horas. 1885 reproduction of the Elisabethkirche in Marburg, with glass windows by Charles Crodel from 1958 and 1974. 
• Johannesberg Castle (Propsteischloss Johannesberg). First mentioned in the year 811. Under Abbot Rabanus Maurus (822-842) the church was enlarged and a Benedictine monastery was founded, which was later transformed into a Propstei. A late Gothic building was erected around 1500, which was given a Baroque appearance between 1686 and 1691. 

Castles

• Fulda Castle (Stadtschloss). The first building prior to Fulda Castle was the abbot's fortress built at the beginning of the 14th century. Later, at the beginning of the 16th century, the fortress was transformed into a castle, which from 1575 was enlarged to then take the form of a Renaissance palace. The baroque form was given to it by the architect Johann Dientzenhofer at the beginning of the 18th century. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, when changes were made to the castle to make it a princely residence, a late neoclassical style was used. 
• Fasanerie Castle (Adolphseck). The castle, initially the residence of the prince-bishops, then the summer residence of the princes of Hesse, is located in the nearby town of Eichenzell. The castle was built in the years 1730-1757. The spacious Baroque building, commissioned by the Prince-Bishop of Fulda Amand von Buseck, clearly reflects his power and his passion for pomp. The architect who was entrusted with the task of designing the castle was the Italian court master Andreas Gallasini. In the castle there is a porcelain collection, with Fulda porcelain, unique in Europe. 

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Where to eat

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• ^{[link not working]}Wirtshaus Michelsrombacher Wald, Michelsrombacher Straße 51, ☎ 49 661 65 302, fax: 49 661 962 58 50, @[email protected]. 

Where stay

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• Hotel am Schloss, Habsburgergasse 5-11, ☎ 49 661 250 558 0, @[email protected]. 

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