Meiningen

Meiningen is a town in Germany - located in the Southern part of the state of Thuringia in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen.

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The place was first mentioned in 982 A.D. and was chartered in 1344 A.D. Its inhabitants are known as Meininger.

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Situated on the river Werra the town today has about 26,000 inhabitants.

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Between 1680 to 1918, it was part of Saxe-Meiningen. The fairy tale collector and writer Ludwig Bechstein was an archivist in Meiningen.

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Thuringia: The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Th?ringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the country's sixteen Bundesl?nder (federal states), with an area of 16,200 km? and 2.45 million inhabitants. The capital is Erfurt....

Schmalkalden-Meiningen: Schmalkalden-Meiningen is a Kreis (district) in the west of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) the districts Wartburgkreis, Gotha, Ilm-Kreis, the district-free city Suhl, the district Hildburghausen, the Bavarian district Rh?n-Grabfeld, and the district Fuld...

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