Gersfeld

Gersfeld

Gersfeld

Coat of arms
Gersfeld

Coordinates: 50°27′N 09°55′E / 50.450°N 9.917°E / 50.450; 9.917Coordinates: 50°27′N 09°55′E / 50.450°N 9.917°E / 50.450; 9.917
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Kassel
District Fulda
Government
 • Mayor Steffen Korell (CDU)
Area
 • Total 89.37 km2 (34.51 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 5,506
 • Density 62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 36129
Dialling codes 06654, 06656
Vehicle registration FD
Website www.gersfeld.de

Gersfeld is a town in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the Fulda River, in the Rhön Mountains, 20 km (12.43 mi) southeast of Fulda. It belonged to the abbey-principality of Fulda before secularisation in 1803. It then belonged to the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda between 1803 and 1806, to France between 1806 and 1810, and then later to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt between 1810 and 1813. After the Battle of Leipzig, it was occupied by the Allied troops of the Sixth Coalition between 1813 and 1815. After that, it was ceded to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1815. During the Austro-Prussian War, it was occupied by Prussia before its annexation in the newly established Hesse Nassau province. It was finally incorporated in the state of Hesse in 1945.

Baroque castle
Clinic in castle park
Castle park

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). August 2016.
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