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Königsee
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Königsee () is a town and a municipality in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated east of Ilmenau, and south of Erfurt. The present municipality was formed on 31 December 2012 by the merger of the former municipalities Königsee and Rottenbach, under the name Königsee-Rottenbach. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities Dröbischau and Oberhain were absorbed, and the name was changed to Königsee.

Key facts

German place.name
Königsee
German place.image_photo
Stadtkirche Zum Lobe Gottes Koenigsee Thuringia Germany.jpg
German place.type
Town
German place.image_plan
Königsee (2019) in SLF.png
German place.state
Thüringen
German place.district
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
German place.mayor
Marco Waschkoswki
German place.leader_term
2019–25
German place.elevation
377
German place.area
103.09
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
16 0 73 112
German place.divisions
23
German place.postal_code
07426
German place.area_code
036739, 036738
German place.licence
SLF

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Königsee () is a town and a municipality in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated east of Ilmenau, and south of Erfurt. The present municipality was formed on 31 December 2012 by the merger of the former municipalities Königsee and Rottenbach, under the name Königsee-Rottenbach. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities Dröbischau and Oberhain were absorbed, and the name was changed to Königsee.

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

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