Bad Kissingen (district)

Bad Kissingen
District

Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Unterfranken
Capital	Bad Kissingen
Area
• Total	1,137 km² (439 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2015)^[1]
• Total	103,106
• Density	91/km² (230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	KG, BRK, HAB
Website	landkreis-badkissingen.de

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.

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 Fränkische 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

Towns	Municipalities
Bad Brückenau Bad Kissingen Hammelburg	Aura an der Saale Bad Bocklet Burkardroth Elfershausen Euerdorf Fuchsstadt Geroda Maßbach Motten Münnerstadt Nüdlingen	Oberleichtersbach Oberthulba Oerlenbach Ramsthal Rannungen Riedenberg Schondra Sulzthal Thundorf Wartmannsroth Wildflecken Zeitlofs

References

↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). June 2016.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Bad Kissingen.

Official website (German)

Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Bavaria in Germany

Urban districts	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 Würzburg

Rural districts	Aichach-Friedberg Altötting Amberg-Sulzbach Ansbach 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 an der Waldnaab Neu-Ulm Nürnberger Land Oberallgäu Ostallgäu Passau Pfaffenhofen Regen Regensburg Rhön-Grabfeld Rosenheim Roth Rottal-Inn Schwandorf Schweinfurt Starnberg Straubing-Bogen Tirschenreuth Traunstein Unterallgäu Weilheim-Schongau Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Wunsiedel Würzburg

Coordinates: 50°15′N 10°00′E / 50.25°N 10.00°E / 50.25; 10.00

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 239398882 GND: 4030877-7

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