Königsee () is a town and a municipality in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in

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. It is situated east of

Ilmenau Ilmenau () is a town in Thuringia, central Germany. It is the largest town within the Ilm district with a population of 38,600, while the district capital is Arnstadt. Ilmenau is located approximately south of Erfurt and north of Nuremberg w ...

, and south of

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. The present municipality was formed on 31 December 2012 by the merger of the former municipalities Königsee and Rottenbach, under the name ''Königsee-Rottenbach''. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities Dröbischau and Oberhain were absorbed, and the name was changed to ''Königsee''.Thüringer Gesetz zur freiwilligen Neugliederungkreisangehöriger Gemeinden im Jahr 2019
§ 23, p. 802 left, Town hall

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