What is Fulda?
{{otheruses}} {{Infobox German Location |image_photo=Fulda-Stadtschloss.png |image_caption=Castle of Fulda |type = Town |image_coa = Wappen Fulda.svg |image_flag = Flagge der Stadt Fulda.png |coordinates = {{coord|50|33|3|N|9|40|31|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Fulda in FD.svg |state = Hesse |region = Kassel |district = Fulda |elevation = 261 |area = 104.04 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 06631009 |population = 63958 |Stand = 31 December 2005 |postal_code = 36001–36043 |area_code = 0661 |licence = FD |website = {{url|https://www.fulda.de/}} |mayor = Dr. Heiko Wingenfeld |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |party = CDU |year = 744 }} '''Fulda''' ({{IPA-all|ˈfʊlda}}) is a city in [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]; it is on the [[Fulda River]] and is the administrative seat of the [[Fulda Rural District|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. [[File:Kupferstich fulda 1655.jpg|thumb|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