Fulda, Minnesota

Fulda is a city in Murray County, Minnesota, United States.

[5] The city of Fulda was founded in 1881 along the Milwaukee Road primarily by German settlers, though also by Scandinavians and Irish.

Although the rail line was discontinued in 1980, the two-story train depot, along with a section of track, has been preserved and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

It is a three-inch (76 mm) rifled gun and was purchased for $155 on June 25, 1892, by the Zach Taylor Post No.

Fulda is in southeastern Murray County, surrounded by Bondin Township.

U.S. Highway 59 runs along the eastern border of the city, leading northwest 13 miles (21 km) to Slayton, the Murray county seat, and south 17 miles (27 km) to Worthington.

Minnesota State Highway 62 has its western terminus at US 59 in Fulda and leads east 25 miles (40 km) to Windom.

[1] The city is on the north end of Fulda Lake and is in the watershed of the Des Moines River.

These include football, girls' basketball, baseball, softball, track and field, and golf with Heron Lake-Okabena, known as the Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Coyotes, and wrestling with Murray County Central, known as the Fulda/MCC Warriors.

In addition to the youth in Fulda, the school district has students from neighboring communities, including Avoca, Iona, Dundee, Kinbrae, Wilmont, and Reading.

The Library was founded in 1918 when it started to receive funding from the city, and was located in different businesses.

Fulda is in Minnesota's 7th congressional district, represented by Michelle Fischbach.

Fulda's Milwaukee Road depot, built c. 1901
Map of Minnesota highlighting Murray County