Schlegel is a village and a former municipality in the district

Saale-Orla-Kreis Saale-Orla is a ''Kreis'' (Districts of Germany, district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Saale-Holzland, Greiz (district), Greiz, the Vogtlandkreis in Saxony, the Bavarian dist ...

, in

Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

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. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality

Rosenthal am Rennsteig Rosenthal am Rennsteig is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, 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 ...

. Olympian Harry Köcher was born here.

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Former municipalities in Thuringia Saale-Orla-Kreis {{SaaleOrla-geo-stub