Geisa

Geisa

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen Geisa.pnglat_deg = 50 | lat_min = 43
lon_deg = 09 | lon_min = 58
Lageplan = Geisa in WAK.pngBundesland = Thuringia
Landkreis = Wartburgkreis
Höhe = 318
Fläche = 41.36
Einwohner = 3396
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 36419
Vorwahl = 036967
Kfz = WAK
Gemeindeschlüssel = 16 0 63 032
Straße = Marktplatz 27
Website = [http://www.geisa.de/ www.geisa.de]
Bürgermeister = Martin Henkel
Partei = CDU

Geisa is a town in the Wartburgkreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Rhön Mountains, 26 km northeast of Fulda.The near border with Hesse was the border between West Germany and the GDR during the Cold War. Thus, the city was in the border restriction area of the former inner German border.

Geography

Geisa is a town in the north of the Rhön Mountains. It is located on the river Ulster.

Suburbs

Suburbs and whose population:
* Town overall: 3390
** City Geisa (approx. 2260)
** Suburb Borsch (approx. 690)
** Suburb Bremen (approx. 320)
** Suburb Geblar (approx. 60)
** Suburb Otzbach (approx. 140)
** Suburb Wiesenfeld (approx. 180)

Sights

Museums

"Point Alpha" is the name of a memorial place at the former inner German border.

People

* Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680), German Jesuit scholar
* Peter Philipp von Dernbach (1619-1683), Prince-Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bamberg and Roman Catholic Diocese of Würzburg
* Adalbert Geheeb (1842-1909), pharmacist
* Moritz Goldschmidt (1863-1916), botanist
* Paul Geheeb (1870-1961), Progressive educationalist
* Eugene Buechel (1874-1954), missionary, linguist and ethnologist

External links

* [http://www.pointalpha.com/ www.pointalpha.com] - Official website of the memorial


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