11 Facts About Fulda

Fulda received support from many of the leading families of the Carolingian world.

Fulda received large and constant donations from the Etichonids, a leading family in Alsace, and from the Conradines, predecessors of the Salian Holy Roman Emperors.

Under Sturm, the donations Fulda received from these and other important families helped in the establishment of daughter-houses near Fulda.

Fulda insisted the members of the chapter should return to a monastic form of life.

Fulda ordered the Fulda witch trials, in which hundreds of people, mostly women, were burnt alive on charges of witchcraft.

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Fulda became a bishopric in 1752 and the prince-abbots were given the additional title of prince-bishop.

From 1938 to 1943, Fulda was the location of a Nazi forced labour camp for Romani people.

Fulda lends its name to the Fulda Gap, a traditional east–west invasion route used by Napoleon I and others.

Downs Barracks in Fulda was the headquarters of the American 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment, later replaced by the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Fulda has traditionally been a conservative Catholic city, with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda being based in the city cathedral.

Fulda station is a transport hub and interchange point between local and long-distance traffic of the German railway network, and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category2 station.