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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
28.09 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 12:56 PM

Dialling code
  
03682

State
  
Thuringia

Elevation
  
450-700 m (−1,850 ft)

Postal codes
  
98544

Population
  
11,910 (31 Dec 2008)

Postal code
  
98544

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Weather
  
14°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 70% Humidity

Zella-Mehlis is a town in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, 5 km north of Suhl, and 20 km east of Meiningen. The town of Zella-Mehlis is the site of the original Walther Arms and J.G.Anschutz weapons factories. They remained there until the Russians occupied eastern Germany at the end of World War II.

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Map of Zella-Mehlis, Germany

Twin towns

Zella-Mehlis is twinned with:

  • Andernach, Germany
  • Gemünden am Main, Germany
  • Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

    • Honorary citizen

  • Helmut Recknagel (* 1937), the first German Olympic ski jumping champion and world champion, started for SC Motor Zella-Mehlis

    • Sons and daughters of the city

  • Johann Kaspar Friedrich Manso (1759-1826), teacher, historian and philologist
  • Johann Heinrich Ehrhardt (1805-1883), locomotive builder, engineer of the Saxon Railroad
  • Johann Peter Haseney (1812-1869), copper engraver, creator of the first German stamp "Schwarzer Einser" (Black one)
  • Michael Schumann (1946-2000), professor of pphilosophy, politician (SED, PDS), Member of Brandenburg Landtag, Member of Bundestag

    • People associated with Zella-Mehlis

  • Marcel Callo (1921-1945), blessed of the Roman Catholic Church, a place was named here after him
  • Herbert Albrecht (1925-1997), wrestler
  • Horst Queck (born 1943), ski jumper
  • Reinhard Heß (1945-2007), ski jumping coach of the German national team
  • Fredi Albrecht (born 1947), wrestler and competitor, visited the children's and youth sports school here
  • Klaus-Peter Göpfert (born 1948), wrestler, attended the children's and sports school in Zella-Mehlis
  • Rainer Schmidt (born 1948), ski jumper, overall winner of the Four Hills Tournament, lives in Zella-Mehlis
  • Christoph Matschie (born 1961), politician, SPD Chairman of the State of Thuringia 1999-2014, minister and parliamentary secretary of state, received training as a mechanic in Zella-Mehlis
  • Kati Wilhelm (born 1976), biathlete
  • Sebastian Haseney (born 1978), Nordic Combiner
  • Franz Göring (born 1984), cross-country skier, lives in Zella-Mehlis
  • Andi Langenhan (born 1984), Rennrodler
  • Frank Rommel (born 1984), Skeleton Pilots
  • Tino Edelmann (born 1985), Nordic Combiner

    • References

    Zella-Mehlis Wikipedia
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