Sonnenstein is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld,

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. It was formed by the merger of the previously independent municipalities

Bockelnhagen Bockelnhagen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 December 2011, it is part of the municipality Sonnenstein,Holungen, Jützenbach, Silkerode, Steinrode, Stöckey, Weißenborn-Lüderode and Zwinge, on 1 December 2011.Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2011
Statistisches Bundesamt These municipalities had previously been part of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Eichsfeld-Südharz, which was disbanded. The seat of the municipality is in the village Weißenborn-Lüderode.Hauptsatzung der Gemeinde Sonnenstein
6 April 2022. The municipality consists of 8 ''

Ortschaft Ortschaft is a term in German speaking countries for a human settlement. In several states of Germany, it is also used for administrative subdivisions of municipalities. These have been defined in the '' Gemeindeordnung'' or ''Kommunalverfassung'' ...

en'' (municipal divisions): Bockelnhagen (villages Bockelnhagen and Weilrode), Holungen, Jützenbach, Silkerode, Steinrode (villages Werningerode and Epschenrode), Stöckey, Weißenborn-Lüderode and Zwinge.

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