Grabfeld 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

Schmalkalden-Meiningen Schmalkalden-Meiningen is a ''Landkreis'' in the southwest of Thuringia, Germany. Its neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) the districts Wartburgkreis, Gotha, Ilm-Kreis, the district-free city Suhl, the district Hildburghausen, ...

, 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 ...

. Grabfeld was established as a municipality on December 1, 2007 by combining the former municipalities of Behrungen, Berkach, Bibra, Exdorf, Jüchsen, Nordheim,

Queienfeld Queienfeld is a former municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany. As of December 2007 it became part of Grabfeld The Grabfeld is a region in Germany, on the border between Bavaria and Thuringia. It is situated so ...

Rentwertshausen Rentwertshausen is a former municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany. From December 1, 2007, it is part of Grabfeld The Grabfeld is a region in Germany, on the border between Bavaria and Thuringia. It is situated ...

Schwickershausen Schwickershausen is a former municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany. From December 1, 2007, it is part of Grabfeld The Grabfeld is a region in Germany, on the border between Bavaria and Thuringia. It is situate ...

and

Wolfmannshausen Wolfmannshausen is a former municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany. From December 1, 2007 it is part of Grabfeld The Grabfeld is a region in Germany, on the border between Bavaria and Thuringia. It is situated ...

, replacing the former

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Municipal associations (german: Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) are statutory corporations or public bodies created by statute in the German federal states of Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, and Schleswig-Holstein. In Baden-Württemberg the term ''stipul ...

of the same name. It was joined by the former municipality

Bauerbach Bauerbach is a village and a former municipality in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2012, it is part of the municipality Grabfeld The Grabfeld is a region in Germany, on the border between Bavari ...

in January 2012, and by

Wölfershausen Wölfershausen is a village and a former municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Grabfeld The Grabfeld is a region in Germany, on the border between Bavari ...

in January 2019.

History

Within the

German Empire The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...

(1871–1918), the territory of the present-day municipality of Grabfeld was part of the

Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen Saxe-Meiningen (; german: Sachsen-Meiningen ) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin dynasty, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia. Established in 1681, by partition of the Ernestin ...

References

Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thuringia Schmalkalden-Meiningen Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen {{SchmalkaldenMeiningen-geo-stub