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Saale-Orla District

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Saale-Orla District
District
Coat of arms of Saale-Orla District
Coat of arms
Country  Germany
State Thuringia
Capital Schleiz
Area
 • Total
 1,148 km2 (443 sq mi)

Saale-Orla District is a Kreis (district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Saale-Holzland, Greiz, the Vogtland District in Saxony, the Bavarian districts |Hof and Kronach, and the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt.

History[]

The district was created in 1994 by merging the previous districts Lobenstein, Pößneck and Schleiz.

Geography[]

The main rivers in the district are the Saale and the Orla, which also contributed to the name of the district. The highest elevation with 732.9 m above sea level is the Sieglitzberg (near Lobenstein), the lowest with 180 m is near Schimmersburg Langenorla. The district is mountainous, covering the Thüringer Schiefergebirge. The dams of the Saale create the biggest system of artificial lakes in Germany.

Coat of arms[]

Coat of arms The two lions in the top of the coat of arms represent the historic states which covered the area in the past. In the left is the lion with crown of the Reuß family, while the lion to the right is the symbol of the margravate of Meißen. The two wavy lines in the bottom symbolize the two rivers of the district, Saale and Orla.

Towns and municipalities[]

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free towns and municipalities
  1. Bad Lobenstein
  2. Gefell
  3. Hirschberg
  4. Neustadt an der Orla
  5. Pößneck
  6. Saalburg-Ebersdorf
  7. Schleiz
  8. Tanna
  9. Wurzbach
  1. Burgk
  2. Kospoda
  3. Krölpa
  4. Linda bei Neustadt an der Orla
  5. Remptendorf
  6. Stanau
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften

1. Oppurg

  1. Bodelwitz
  2. Döbritz
  3. Gertewitz
  4. Grobengereuth
  5. Langenorla
  6. Lausnitz
  7. Nimritz
  8. Oberoppurg
  9. Oppurg1
  10. Quaschwitz
  11. Solkwitz
  12. Weira
  13. Wernburg


2. Ranis-Ziegenrück

  1. Crispendorf
  2. Eßbach
  3. Gössitz
  4. Keila
  5. Moxa
  6. Paska
  7. Peuschen
  8. Ranis1, 2
  9. Schmorda
  10. Schöndorf
  11. Seisla
  12. Wilhelmsdorf
  13. Ziegenrück2

3. Saale-Rennsteig

  1. Birkenhügel
  2. Blankenberg
  3. Blankenstein2
  4. Harra
  5. Neundorf bei Lobenstein
  6. Pottiga
  7. Schlegel


4. Seenplatte

  1. Bucha
  2. Chursdorf
  3. Dittersdorf
  4. Dreba
  5. Görkwitz
  6. Göschitz
  7. Kirschkau
  8. Knau
  9. Löhma
  10. Moßbach
  11. Neundorf bei Schleiz
  12. Oettersdorf1
  13. Plothen
  14. Pörmitz
  15. Tegau
  16. Volkmannsdorf

5. Triptis

  1. Dreitzsch
  2. Geroda
  3. Lemnitz
  4. Miesitz
  5. Mittelpöllnitz
  6. Rosendorf
  7. Schmieritz
  8. Tömmelsdorf
  9. Triptis1, 2
1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;2town

References[]

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.thueringen.de/datenbank/TabAnzeige.asp?tabelle=gg000102%7C%7C. 

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Coordinates: 50°35′N 11°45′E / 50.58, 11.75


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