Zella-Mehlis
Zella-Mehlis () is a town in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district of Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, approximately 5km north of Suhl and 20km east of Meiningen.
Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_photo
- Thuringia Zella-Mehlis asv2020-07 img08 Rathaus.jpg
- German place.image_caption
- Town hall
- German place.image_coa
- Wappen Zella-Mehlis.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Zella-Mehlis in SM.png
- German place.state
- Thuringia
- German place.district
- Schmalkalden-Meiningen
- German place.elevation
- 500
- German place.area
- 52.99
- German place.postal_code
- 98544
- German place.area_code
- 03682
- German place.licence
- SM
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Zella-Mehlis () is a town in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district of Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, approximately 5km north of Suhl and 20km east of Meiningen.
== History == Two of Germany's most notable firearm manufacturers, Walther and Anschütz, were founded in Zella-Mehlis. They operated there until the Soviet occupation of Eastern Germany at the conclusion of World War II caused both companies to move.
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