Hildburghausen District

Hildburghausen District
—  District  —
Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
Capital	Hildburghausen
Area
• Total	937 km2 (362 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	67,007
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	HBN
Website	landkreis-hildburghausen.de

Hildburghausen District 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, 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

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (community of administration) - free towns	and municipalities
Eisfeld Hildburghausen Römhild Schleusingen Themar	Auengrund Bockstadt Brünn Masserberg Nahetal-Waldau Sachsenbrunn Sankt Kilian Schleusegrund Straufhain Veilsdorf

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften (community of administration)
1. Feldstein [seat: Themar] Ahlstädt Beinerstadt Bischofrod Dingsleben Ehrenberg Eichenberg Grimmelshausen Grub Henfstädt Kloster Veßra Lengfeld Marisfeld Oberstadt Reurieth Sankt Bernhard Schmeheim	2. Heldburger Unterland Bad Colberg-Heldburg1, 2 Gompertshausen Hellingen Schlechtsart Schweickershausen Ummerstadt2 Westhausen
1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;2town

Coat of arms

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

External links

• (German) Official website

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