Bebra

Geschichte

Bebra is a small town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany.GeographyLocationBebra lies some 45km south of Kassel on the Fulda. The town is easy to find on most maps thanks to its prominent location on the Fuldaknie (“Fulda Knee”). Ranges surrounding the town are the Stölzinger Gebirge (range) in the north, the Richelsdorfer Gebirge in the east, the Seulingswald in the southeast and the Knüllgebirge in the southwest. The biggest neighbouring places are Rotenburg and Bad Hersfeld. Frankfurt is about 150km southwest of Bebra.Within Bebra’s town limits, the Bebra, Solz, Lüder and Ulfe empty into the Fulda, while the Iba empties into the Ulfe.Neighbouring communitiesClockwise from the north, these are Cornberg, Nentershausen, Ronshausen, Ludwigsau and Rotenburg.Constituent communitiesBebra’s 11 Stadtteile are, in alphabetical order, Asmushausen, Blankenheim, Braunhausen, Breitenbach, Gilfershausen, Iba, Imshausen, Lüdersdorf, Rautenhausen, Solz and Weiterode. Imshausen and Solz are the Trott zu Solz family’s seat.