Untersiemau 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
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 ...
of
Coburg
Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it was ...
in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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.
Geography
Location
Untersiemau lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) south of
Coburg
Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it was ...
at the eastern edge of
Itz
The Itz is a river of Thuringia and Bavaria, Germany.
The Itz is long and a right tributary of the Main.
The Itz begins in Sachsenbrunn (Stelzen), Thuringia and flows southward through Bachfeld and Schalkau. It crosses into Bavaria and feeds ...
Valley.
Subdivisions
Untersiemau is divided into 9 ''
Ortsteile'':
*
Birkach am Forst
*
Haarth
*
Meschenbach
*
Obersiemau
*
Scherneck
*
Stöppach
* Untersiemau
*
Weißenbrunn am Forst
*
Ziegelsdorf
History
Untersiemau was first mentioned about 800 as ''Suome'', the name is of Slavic origin.
[Debus, Arno. ''1200 Jahre Untersiemau'' (in German).]
Transport
Untersiemau can be reached by car via
motorway A 73 Suhl
Suhl () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located SW of Erfurt, NE of Würzburg and N of Nuremberg. With its 37,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest of the six urban districts within Thuringia. Together with its northern neighbour-town Zella- ...
-Coburg-Nuremberg. Untersiemau used to have a station at the
Itz Valley Railway
The Itz Valley Railway (german: Itzgrundbahn) was a former, 8 kilometre long branch line in Bavaria, Germany, running from Creidlitz, in the borough of Coburg, to Rossach in the municipality of Großheirath.
The single-tracked line has a railway ...
, which was lifted in 2005.
References
Coburg (district)
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