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Lichtetal am Rennsteig is a former municipal association (german: Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, 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 lar ...
,
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. The seat of government was in
Lichte 220px, Wallendorfer Porcelain Manufacture, Oct. 2006 220px, Leibis-Lichte Dam, 102.5 m high Lichte is a village and a former municipality in the district of Sonneberg in Thuringia, Germany, close to the Thuringian Rennsteig. Formerly in th ...
(in the Wallendorf section). It was disbanded in January 2019. The municipal association consisted of the following municipalities:


History

The municipal association of Lichtetal am Rennsteig was established in line with the administrative reorganization after German reunification. Before 1990, all four municipalities were independent, each with a town hall,
administration Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal ** Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, admini ...
, and autonomous
mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...
. The post of mayor is now
honor Honour (British English) or honor (American English; see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of social teaching and of personal ethos, that manifests itself as a ...
ary, with reimbursement of expenses (german: Aufwandsentschädigung). The name Lichtetal am Rennsteig was derived from the close proximity to the Thuringian Rennsteig and the Lichte River.


Gallery


Coats of arms

File:Wappen Lichte.png, Lichtetal am Rennsteig File:Wappen Piesau.png, Piesau File:Wappen Reichmannsdorf.png, Reichmannsdorf File:Wappen Schmiedefeld (Lichtetal).png, Schmiedefeld


Pictures

File:Rennsteig.JPG, Sign on the Rennsteig trail File:Leipziger Turm Schmiedefeld.JPG, Leipzig tower, Schmiedefeld


See also

* Deesbach Forebay *
Leibis-Lichte Dam The Leibis-Lichte Dam (german: Talsperre Leibis –Lichte) is a dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. The dam was completed in 2005 to impound the River Lichte, between the Lichte municipality section Geiersthal and ...
*
Municipal associations in Thuringia In the Free state of Thuringia (de:Freistaat Thueringen) there is the possibility to establish municipal associations (de:Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) according to § 46 of the ''Thuringian Communal- and District Order '' (de: Thueringer Kommunalordn ...
* Cultural monuments in Lichte


External links


Official website

Rennsteig hikes individually and comfortable
at Rennsteigtripp.de - hiking in Lichtetal am Rennsteig Thuringia Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thuringia Lichte {{SaalfeldRudolstadt-geo-stub