Brotterode-Trusetal is a town in the

Schmalkalden-Meiningen Schmalkalden-Meiningen is a '' Landkreis'' in the southwest of Thuringia, Germany. Its neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) the districts Wartburgkreis, Gotha, Ilm-Kreis, the district-free city Suhl, the district Hildburghaus ...

district, in

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. It was named after the town Brotterode and the

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river Truse that flows through the municipality. It was formed on 1 December 2011 by the merger of the former municipalities Brotterode and

Trusetal Trusetal is a former municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, 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 the no ...

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