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Großbreitenbach () is a town in the Ilm-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 13 km southeast of Ilmenau. It has about 8000 inhabitants. Major industries are glass manufacturing and tourism. The former municipalities Altenfeld, Böhlen, Friedersdorf, Gillersdorf, Herschdorf, Neustadt am Rennsteig and Wildenspring were merged into Großbreitenbach in January 2019.

Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.image_photo
Rathaus Großbreitenbach.JPG
German location.image_caption
Town hall
German location.image_coa
Wappen Grossbreitenbach.png
German location.image_plan
Großbreitenbach in IK.svg
German location.state
Thüringen
German location.district
Ilm-Kreis
German location.elevation
630
German location.area
80.76
German location.postal_code
98701
German location.area_code
036781
German location.licence
IK
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
16 0 70 058
German location.mayor
Peter Grimm
German location.leader_term
2019–25

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Grossbreitenbach
Country
Germany
Located in
Ilm-Kreis
Population
5882
Area
80.76
Elevation
625
Shares border with
Neustadt am Rennsteig
Image
Rathaus Großbreitenbach.JPG
Dialing code
036781
Licence plate code
IK
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Commons category
Großbreitenbach
inception
2019-01-01
different from
Grossbreitenbach
twinned administrative body
Breitenbach
Commons gallery
Großbreitenbach
topic's main category
Category:Großbreitenbach
postal code
98701
hashtag
Großbreitenbach
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Großbreitenbach () is a town in the Ilm-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 13 km southeast of Ilmenau. It has about 8000 inhabitants. Major industries are glass manufacturing and tourism. The former municipalities Altenfeld, Böhlen, Friedersdorf, Gillersdorf, Herschdorf, Neustadt am Rennsteig and Wildenspring were merged into Großbreitenbach in January 2019.

Großbreitenbach has a big public swimming pool, which has the biggest bathing area in the Ilm-Kreis district.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Großbreitenbach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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