Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel is a municipality in the district

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Saalfeld-Rudolstadt is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the south of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Weimarer Land, Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla, the district Kronach in Bavaria, and the districts Sonn ...

, 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 ...

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. On 1 December 2007, the former municipalities

Großkochberg Großkochberg is a former municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 December 2007, it is part of the municipality Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolst ...

and

Heilingen Heilingen is a former municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 December 2007, it is part of the municipality Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt ...

were incorporated by Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel. The valley of the river Saale is the centre of Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel. Both Uhlstädt and Kirchhasel are villages inside this valley, which divides the municipality into a northern and a southern part. The nearest bigger towns are

Rudolstadt Rudolstadt is a town in the German federal state Thuringia, with the Thuringian Forest to the southwest, and to Jena and Weimar to the north. The former capital of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, the town is built along the River Saale inside a wide va ...

(about 7 km away),

Saalfeld Saalfeld (german: Saalfeld/Saale) is a town in Germany, capital of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia. It is best known internationally as the ancestral seat of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the S ...

(about 11 km away) and

Jena Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a popu ...

(about 25 km away). The 32 local subdivisions of this municipality are:(inhabitants)

History

The municipality Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel was founded on 1 July 2002 by a voluntary fusion of the municipalities Beutelsdorf, Dorndorf, Engerda, Kirchhasel, Niederkrossen, Rödelwitz, Schloßkulm, Schmieden, Teichweiden, Uhlstädt and Zeutsch, which were independent before this fusion. On 1 December 2007 the municipalities

and

, which were independent until this point too, become also part of the municipality Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel.

References

External links

Homepage of the municipality (http://uhlstaedt-kirchhasel.de/) Municipalities in Thuringia Saalfeld-Rudolstadt {{SaalfeldRudolstadt-geo-stub