Bebra

Coat of arms

Bebra

Location of Bebra within Hersfeld-Rotenburg district

Coordinates: 50°58′16″N 9°47′25″E / 50.97111°N 9.79028°ECoordinates: 50°58′16″N 9°47′25″E / 50.97111°N 9.79028°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Horst Groß (CDU)

Area

• Total

93.63 km² (36.15 sq mi)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

13,888

• Density

150/km² (380/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

36179

06622

HEF

Website

www.bebra.de

Bebra is a small town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany.

Bebra lies some 45 km (28 mi) 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 150 km (93 mi) 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.

Clockwise from the north, these are Cornberg, Nentershausen, Ronshausen, Ludwigsau and Rotenburg.

Bebra’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.

The name Bebra came from Biberaho (“Village on the Beaver River”; Biber still means “beaver” in German today). Later this became first Bibera, and then today’s name Bebra.

In 786, the town had its first documentary mention in an estate directory of the Hersfeld Abbey, which is confirmed as having been built in 769. The reason for the mention was that Bebra was donated to the Abbey to cover food demands, thus leading to the conclusion that the directory itself, and thereby Bebra’s existence as well, go back a few years further than that.

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