Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Statistics State: Bavaria Adm. Region: Unterfranken Capital: Bad Kissingen Area: 1139 km² Inhabitants: 109,200 (2002) pop. density: 96 inh./km² Car identification: KG Website: landkreis-badkissingen.de Map 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. Table of contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links 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 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 Bad Brückenau Bad Kissingen Hammelburg Municipalities Aura Bad Bocklet Burkardroth Elfershausen Euerdorf Fuchsstadt Geroda Maßbach Motten Münnerstadt Nüdlingen Oberleichtersbach Oberthulba Oerlenbach Ramsthal Rannungen Riedenberg Schondra Sulzthal Thundorf Wartmannsroth Wildflecken Zeitlofs External links Official website (German) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.