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Sparnberg is a village in Statistik Thüringen
Gebietsveränderungen: Sparnberg It is situated on the right bank of the river
From 1949 to 1990 the Saale formed the
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and lar ...
, Germany
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. It was an independent municipality until 1994, when it became a district of the town Hirschberg.Gebietsveränderungen: Sparnberg It is situated on the right bank of the river
Saale
The Saale (), also known as the Saxon Saale (german: Sächsische Saale) and Thuringian Saale (german: Thüringische Saale), is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Franconian Saale, ...
, at 440 m above sea level. It has an area of about 333 hectares. Sparnberg counted about 160 residents in 2005.
From 1949 to 1990 the Saale formed the border
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between East
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Etymology
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(GDR) and West Germany
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(FRG) here, with Sparnberg on the GDR side.
References
{{Authority control Saale-Orla-Kreis Former municipalities in Thuringia