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Gehren () is a town and a former independent municipality in the Ilm-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 7 km southeast of Ilmenau. It officially became a town in its own right ('Stadt') in 1855. However, since July 2018, it has been part of the town of Ilmenau. Between 1881 and 1998, Gehren was linked to Ilmenau by a railway.

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German place.type
Stadtteil
German place.Town
Ilmenau
German place.image_photo
Kirche Gehren.JPG
German place.image_caption
Church
German place.image_coa
Wappen_Gehren.png
German place.state
Thüringen
German place.district
Ilm-Kreis
German place.elevation
475
German place.area
43.79
German place.population
3782
German place.Stand
2016-12-31
German place.postal_code
98708
German place.area_code
036783
German place.licence
IK

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Official name
Gehren
Population
3782
Area
43.79
Elevation
475
Official website
www.gehren.eu
Image
Bahnhof Gehren.JPG
Dialing code
036783
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Commons category
Gehren (Ilmenau)
postal code
98693
Commons gallery
Gehren
native label
Gehren
hashtag
Gehren
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Gehren () is a town and a former independent municipality in the Ilm-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 7 km southeast of Ilmenau. It officially became a town in its own right ('Stadt') in 1855. However, since July 2018, it has been part of the town of Ilmenau. Between 1881 and 1998, Gehren was linked to Ilmenau by a railway.

The castle of Gehren burned down in 1936. Until 1920, Gehren was the capital of the Amt Gehren in the state of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

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