Vogelsberg District

The Vogelsberg District is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetterau, Giessen and Marburg-Biedenkopf.

History
The district was created in 1972 by merging the former districts Alsfeld and Lauterbach.

Geography
The main feature of the district is the Vogelsberg, an extinct volcano, last active 7 million years ago.