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Landkreis Hildburghausen
District
Thuringia hbn.png
Country  Germany
State Thuringia
Capital Hildburghausen
Area
 • Total 937 km2 (362 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total 72,800
 • Density 77.69/km2 (201.23/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration HBN
Website landkreis-hildburghausen.de

Hildburghausen is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It covers most of the same territory as the old Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Hildburghausen district The coat of arms displays:

  • the heraldic lion of Meißen
  • the cock representing the counts of Henneberg, who ruled the region until 1583
  • below the symbol of the bishopric of Würzburg is displayed

Towns and municipalities

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free towns and municipalities
  1. Eisfeld
  2. Hildburghausen
  3. Schleusingen
  4. Themar
  1. Auengrund
  2. Bockstadt
  3. Brünn
  4. Gleichamberg
  5. Masserberg
  6. Nahetal-Waldau
  7. Sachsenbrunn
  8. Sankt Kilian
  9. Schleusegrund
  10. Straufhain
  11. Veilsdorf
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften

1. Feldstein
[seat: Themar]

  1. Ahlstädt
  2. Beinerstadt
  3. Bischofrod
  4. Dingsleben
  5. Ehrenberg
  6. Eichenberg
  7. Grimmelshausen
  8. Grub
  9. Henfstädt
  10. Kloster Veßra
  11. Lengfeld
  12. Marisfeld
  13. Oberstadt
  14. Reurieth
  15. Sankt Bernhard
  16. Schmeheim

2. Gleichberge

  1. Haina
  2. Mendhausen
  3. Milz
  4. Römhild1, 2
  5. Westenfeld

3. Heldburger Unterland

  1. Bad Colberg-Heldburg1, 2
  2. Gompertshausen
  3. Hellingen
  4. Schlechtsart
  5. Schweickershausen
  6. Ummerstadt2
  7. Westhausen
1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;2town

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