Floh-Seligenthal is a municipality in the district

Schmalkalden-Meiningen Schmalkalden-Meiningen is a ''Landkreis'' in the southwest of Thuringia, Germany. Its neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) the districts Wartburgkreis, Gotha, Ilm-Kreis, the district-free city Suhl, the district Hildburghausen, ...

, in

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Notable people

Born in Floh-Seligenthal

* Johann Michael Bach III, (1745 - 1820) German composer, lawyer and music theorist *

Carola Anding Carola Anding (née Jacob; born 29 December 1960) is a former East German cross-country skier who competed during the early 1980s. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Anding al ...

, (* 1960) East German cross-country skier

Notable residents

Gerhard Grimmer Gerhard Grimmer (born 6 April 1943 in Hora Svaté Kateřiny) is known as an East German cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970s. He won several medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including golds in the 50 ...

, (* 1943) East German cross-country skier *

Matthias Jacob Matthias Jacob (born 2 April 1960) is a former East German biathlete. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games ''1 medal (1 bronze)'' World Championships ''7 medals (3 gold, 4 silver)'' ...

, (* 1960) East German biathlete *

Frank Luck Frank Luck (born 5 December 1967) is a former German and, before 1990, East German biathlete. Career Luck started early with cross-country skiing, but in 1980 he went over to biathlon. By 1988 at the age of 21 he had already qualified for the W ...

, (* 1967)German and before 1990 East German biathlete *

René Hoppe René Hoppe (born 9 December 1976 in Oelsnitz, Saxony) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 1998. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Kevin Kuske, André Lange, and Martin Putze ...

, (* 1976) German bobsledder *

Sven Fischer Sven Fischer (born 16 April 1971) is a former German biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof 05 club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer (national coaches) and Klaus Siebert (club coach). After the 2006/07 biathlon season, he ...

, (* 1971) German biathlete

Town twinning

Floh-Seligenthal is twinned with: *

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References

Municipalities in Thuringia Schmalkalden-Meiningen {{SchmalkaldenMeiningen-geo-stub