Hildburghausen (district)

District in Thuringia, Germany

Hildburghausen

District

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Coat of arms

Country| Germany
State| Thuringia
Capital| Hildburghausen
Government

• District admin.| Thomas Müller (CDU)
Area

• Total| 938.42 km2 (362.33 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2021)[1]

• Total| 62,089
• Density| 66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| HBN
Website| www.landkreis-hildburghausen.de

Hildburghausen is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, the city of Suhl, the districts of Ilm-Kreis, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and Sonneberg, and the state of Bavaria (districts of Coburg, Haßberge and Rhön-Grabfeld). Located roughly halfway between the mountain chains of the Rhön and the Thuringian Forest, the district is densely forested and covered by hilly countryside. Its territory is similar to that of the former Ernestine duchy, Saxe-Hildburghausen.

## Towns and municipalities[edit]

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (community of administration): free towns and municipalities

1. Eisfeld
2. Hildburghausen
3. Römhild
4. Schleusingen

1. Auengrund
2. Brünn
3. Masserberg
4. Schleusegrund
5. Veilsdorf

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften (community of administration)

1\. Feldstein

1. Ahlstädt
2. Beinerstadt
3. Bischofrod
4. Dingsleben
5. Ehrenberg
6. Eichenberg
7. Grimmelshausen
8. Grub
9. Henfstädt
10. Kloster Veßra
11. Lengfeld
12. Marisfeld
13. Oberstadt
14. Reurieth
15. Sankt Bernhard
16. Schmeheim
17. Themar1, 2

2\. Heldburger Unterland

1. Heldburg1, 2
2. Schlechtsart
3. Schweickershausen
4. Straufhain
5. Ummerstadt2
6. Westhausen

1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;2town

## Coat of arms[edit]

The coat of arms displays:

* the heraldic lion of Meißen, the precursor state to Saxony
* the cock representing the counts of Henneberg, who ruled the region until 1583
* below the symbol of the bishopric of Würzburg is displayed

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2021" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2022.

## External links[edit]

* (in German) Official website

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Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Thuringia in Germany

Urban districts|

* Erfurt
* Gera
* Jena
* Suhl
* Weimar

Rural districts|

* Altenburger Land
* Eichsfeld
* Gotha
* Greiz
* Hildburghausen
* Ilm-Kreis
* Kyffhäuserkreis
* Nordhausen
* Saale-Holzland-Kreis
* Saale-Orla-Kreis
* Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
* Schmalkalden-Meiningen
* Sömmerda
* Sonneberg
* Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
* Wartburgkreis
* Weimarer Land

Districts of German states (Full list)

* Baden-Württemberg
* Bavaria
* Brandenburg
* Bremen
* Hesse
* Lower Saxony
* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* North Rhine-Westphalia
* Rhineland-Palatinate
* Saarland
* Saxony
* Saxony-Anhalt
* Schleswig-Holstein
* Thuringia

50°25′N 10°45′E﻿ / ﻿50.42°N 10.75°E﻿ / 50.42; 10.75

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