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Saale Orla Kreis

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Country
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Capital
  
State
  
Vehicle registration
  
SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ

Team
  
Saale-Orla-Kreis httpswwwsaaleorlakreisdesokdokpic8Daten

Website
  
www.saale-orla-kreis.de

Points of interest
  
Schloss Burgk, Freilichtmuseum Mödlareuth, Barrage de Bleiloch, Märchenwald Saalburg, Sommerrodelbahn

Destinations
  
Bad Lobenstein, Pößneck, Saalburg‑Ebersdorf, Schleiz, Neustadt an der Orla

Saale-Orla is a Kreis (district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Saale-Holzland, Greiz, the Vogtlandkreis in Saxony, the Bavarian districts Hof and Kronach, and the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt.

Contents

Map of Saale-Orla-Kreis, Germany

History

The district was created in 1994 by merging the previous districts Lobenstein, Pößneck and Schleiz.

Geography

The main rivers in the district are the Saale and the Orla, which also contributed to the name of the district. The highest elevation with 732.9 m above sea level is the Sieglitzberg (near Lobenstein), the lowest with 180 m is near Schimmersburg Langenorla. The district is mountainous, covering the Thüringer Schiefergebirge. The dams of the Saale create the biggest system of artificial lakes in Germany.

References

Saale-Orla-Kreis Wikipedia


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