An der Schmücke is a town in the district

Kyffhäuserkreis The Kyffhäuserkreis is a district in the northern part of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Mansfeld-Südharz, Saalekreis and Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, and the districts Sömmerda, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis and E ...

, in

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. It was created with effect from 1 January 2019 by the merger of the former municipalities of Bretleben,

Gorsleben Gorsleben is a village and a former municipality in the district Kyffhäuserkreis, in Thuringia, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea ...

Hauteroda Hauteroda is a village and a former municipality in the district Kyffhäuserkreis, in Thuringia, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea ...

Heldrungen Heldrungen is a town and a former municipality in the Kyffhäuserkreis district, Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town An der Schmücke. Nearby rivers are the Unstrut and the Wipper. It is known for its fortification ...

Hemleben Hemleben is a village and a former municipality in the district Kyffhäuserkreis, in Thuringia, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to ...

and Oldisleben. Between 1993 and 2019, these municipalities were part of the ''

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Municipal associations (, , ) are statutory corporations or public bodies created by statute in the German federal states of Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, and Schleswig-Holstein. In Baden-Württemberg the term ''stipulated municipal association ...

'' ("collective municipality") An der Schmücke, which additionally contained the municipalities Etzleben and Oberheldrungen. The seat of the town and the former ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' is in Heldrungen.

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Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thuringia States and territories established in 2019 {{Kyffhäuserkreis-geo-stub