Moorgrund is a former

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

Wartburgkreis Wartburgkreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the west of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Gotha, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, and the districts Fulda, Hersfeld-Rotenburg and Wer ...

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

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 ...

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. In December 2020, it was merged into the town

Bad Salzungen Bad Salzungen () is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wartburgkreis district. Geography Location Bad Salzungen is situated on the river Werra, east of Tiefenort and south of Eisenach. Divisions In July 2018 the former m ...

.Gebietsänderungen von Januar bis Dezember 2020

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The village Möhra was the home of

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Reformation, Protestant Refo ...

's ancestors.

Villages

The villages in Moorgrund are: * Etterwinden * Gräfen-Nitzendorf *

Gumpelstadt Gumpelstadt is a village of the Moorgrund municipality in the Wartburgkreis district in Thuringia, Germany (since 1994). Geography Gumpelstadt is located at an altitude of about 280 meters on the southwest edge of the Thuringian Forest and ...

(seat of the municipal administration) * Kupfersuhl mit Ortsteil Wackenhof * Möhra (home of Martin Luther's ancestors) * Waldfisch * Witzelroda mit Ortsteil Neuendorf

References

Wartburgkreis Former municipalities in Thuringia {{Wartburgkreis-geo-stub