Föritz is a village and a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
on the small
Föritz river, which flows into the
Steinach) in the
Sonneberg district
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of
Thuringia
Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area.
Er ...
,
Germany
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. It was merged into the new municipality
Föritztal together with
Judenbach and
Neuhaus-Schierschnitz on 6 July 2018.
Gebietsänderungen von Januar bis Dezember 2018
Statistisches Bundesamt
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References
External links
Föritz on the Föritztal website
(German)
Former municipalities in Thuringia
Sonneberg (district)
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