Amt Wachsenburg is a municipality in the district
Ilm-Kreis
Ilm-Kreis is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the city of Erfurt, the districts of Weimarer Land, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and Hildburghausen, the city of Suhl, and the districts of Schmalkalden-Meinin ...
, 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 ...
,
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 ...
. The municipality is named after the
Wachsenburg Castle
Wachsenburg Castle (german: Veste Wachsenburg) is a castle in Amt Wachsenburg in the Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany. It is one of the ''Drei Gleichen'', three hilltop castles east of Gotha
Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germ ...
which is located in its center. It was formed on 31 December 2012 from the former municipalities
Wachsenburggemeinde
Wachsenburggemeinde is a former municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe afte ...
and
Ichtershausen Ichtershausen is a village and a former municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Euro ...
. The former municipality
Kirchheim was merged into Amt Wachsenburg in January 2019, and
Rockhausen in December 2019. It consists of the villages Bechstedt-Wagd, Bittstädt, Eischleben, Haarhausen, Holzhausen, Ichtershausen, Kirchheim, Rehestädt, Rockhausen, Röhrensee, Sülzenbrücken,
Thörey and Werningsleben.
References
Ilm-Kreis
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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