Unstruttal is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in the
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Eichsfeld, Kyffhäuserkreis, Sömmerda, Gotha, Wartburgkreis and the district Werra-Meißn ...
district
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of
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 created in September 1995 by the merger of the former municipalities Ammern, Dachrieden, Eigenrode, Horsmar, Kaisershagen and Reiser. In January 2023 Unstruttal absorbed the former municipality
Menteroda, the villages Dörna and
Lengefeld
Lengefeld is a town and a former municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous mem ...
from the former municipality
Anrode
Anrode is a former municipality in the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district of Thuringia, Germany. It was created in January 1997 by the merger of the former municipalities Lengefeld, Bickenriede, , Hollenbach and Zella. On 1 January 2023 it was disband ...
, and Zaunröden from the former municipality
Dünwald.
References
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
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