Schmalkalden-Meiningen Rural District

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Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Map of Thuringia highlighting the district of Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen
State	Thuringia
District seat	Meiningen
Area	1,210 km²
Population	141,055 (2002)
Pop. density	117 /km²
Licence plate code	SM
Web page	http://www.lk-sm.de

Schmalkalden-Meiningen is a Landkreis (rural district) in the west of Thuringia, Germany.

1 History
2 Partnerships
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 Other websites

[change] History

The district was created in 1994 by joining the old districts of Schmalkalden, Meiningen and part of Suhl-Land.

[change] Partnerships

The district has a partnership with the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, as well as with the Komitat Pest in Hungary.

[change] Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows symbols from the coat of arms of the three precursor districts, which are also symbols for the historic states which make up the territory of the district. The rooster in the topleft derives from the coat of arms of the counts of Henneberg. The hen stands on 3 green mounds, a reminder of the hillsa dn mountains of the area. The lion of Hesse is displayed in the topright, as the area was owned by Hesse 1360-1866. The banner in the bottom left comes from the coat of arms of the district Meiningen, and derives from the coat of arms of the city Würzburg. The prince-bishops of Würzburg owned Meiningen in the past. The coat of arms of Saxony in the bottom right is a reminder of the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, which existed from 1680 to 1918.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free towns	and municipalities
Brotterode Meiningen Oberhof Schmalkalden Steinbach-Hallenberg Zella-Mehlis	Benshausen Breitungen Fambach Floh-Seligenthal Grabfeld Henneberg Herpf Heßles Rhönblick	Rippershausen Rosa Roßdorf Schwallungen Stepfershausen Sülzfeld Trusetal Untermaßfeld Wernshausen

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
1. Dolmar Christes Dillstädt Kühndorf Rohr Schwarza¹ Utendorf 2. Haselgrund Altersbach Bermbach Oberschönau Rotterode Springstille Unterschönau Viernau¹	3. Hohe Rhön Aschenhausen Birx Erbenhausen Frankenheim Kaltensundheim¹ Kaltenwestheim Melpers Oberkatz Oberweid Unterweid	4. Salzbrücke Bauerbach Belrieth Einhausen Ellingshausen Leutersdorf Neubrunn Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal¹ Ritschenhausen Vachdorf Wölfershausen 5. Wasungen-Amt Sand Friedelshausen Hümpfershausen Mehmels Metzels Oepfershausen Unterkatz Wahns Wallbach Walldorf Wasungen^{1, 2}
¹seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;²town

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften

1. Dolmar

Christes
Dillstädt
Kühndorf
Rohr
Schwarza¹
Utendorf

2. Haselgrund

Altersbach
Bermbach
Oberschönau
Rotterode
Springstille
Unterschönau
Viernau¹

3. Hohe Rhön

Aschenhausen
Birx
Erbenhausen
Frankenheim
Kaltensundheim¹
Kaltenwestheim
Melpers
Oberkatz
Oberweid
Unterweid

4. Salzbrücke

Bauerbach
Belrieth
Einhausen
Ellingshausen
Leutersdorf
Neubrunn
Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal¹
Ritschenhausen
Vachdorf
Wölfershausen

5. Wasungen-Amt Sand

Friedelshausen
Hümpfershausen
Mehmels
Metzels
Oepfershausen
Unterkatz
Wahns
Wallbach
Walldorf
Wasungen^{1, 2}

¹seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;²town

[change] Other websites

Official website (German)

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Thuringia in Germany
Urban districts	Eisenach · Erfurt · Gera · Jena · Suhl · Weimar
Rural districts	Altenburger Land · Eichsfeld · Gotha · Greiz · Hildburghausen · Ilm-Kreis · Kyffhäuserkreis · Nordhausen · Saale-Holzland · Saale-Orla-Kreis · Saalfeld-Rudolstadt · Schmalkalden-Meiningen · Sömmerda · Sonneberg · Unstrut-Hainich · Wartburgkreis · Weimarer Land