Am Ettersberg is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district
Weimarer Land
Weimarer Land is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise) the district Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, the district Saale-Holzland and the district-free city Jena, the ...
, in
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 larg ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It was created with effect from 1 January 2019 by the merger of the former municipalities of
Berlstedt
Berlstedt is a village and a former municipality in the Weimarer Land district of Thuringia, Germany. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Hottelstedt was incorporated by Berlstedt. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Am E ...
,
Buttelstedt
Buttelstedt is a town and a former municipality in the Weimarer Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 11 km north of Weimar. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Am Ettersberg.
History
Within the German Empire ...
,
Großobringen
Großobringen is a village and a former municipality in the Weimarer Land district of Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Am Ettersberg
Am Ettersberg is a municipality in the district Weimarer Land, in Thuringi ...
,
Heichelheim
Heichelheim is a village and a former municipality in the Weimarer Land district of Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Am Ettersberg
Am Ettersberg is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district ...
,
Kleinobringen
Kleinobringen is a village and a former Municipalities in Germany, municipality in the Weimarer Land Districts of Germany, district of Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Am Ettersberg.
References
Weim ...
,
Krautheim
Krautheim (East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Graude'') is a town in the Hohenlohe (district), Hohenlohe district of Baden-Württemberg, in south central Germany. It is situated on the river Jagst, 12 km (8 mi) northwest of Kà ...
,
Ramsla
Ramsla is a village and a former municipality in the Weimarer Land district of Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Am Ettersberg
Am Ettersberg is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district Weimar ...
,
Sachsenhausen
Sachsenhausen () or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoners ...
,
Schwerstedt,
Vippachedelhausen and
Wohlsborn
Wohlsborn is a village and a former municipality in the Weimarer Land district of Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it has been part of the municipality of Am Ettersberg
Am Ettersberg is a municipality in the district Weimarer Land, in Th ...
. The name refers to the hill
Ettersberg
The Thuringian Basin (german: Thüringer Becken) is a depression (geology), depression in the central and northwest part of Thuringia in Germany which is crossed by several rivers, the longest of which is the Unstrut. It stretches about from north ...
.
References
Weimarer Land
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